South America

Creative Rationale

Over the Southern Ocean near the Antarctic Peninsula, where fierce westerly winds clash with the ice-locked continent, the atmosphere churns with violent energy. The strong 11.9 m/s winds from the southwest drive aggressive diagonal slashes across the composition, while the anomalously warm temperature anomaly creates pockets of heated flesh tones fighting against the prevailing cold grays and blacks. The low pressure system compresses forms against the picture plane, with high humidity and light precipitation creating diluted runs of color that cut through the thick gestural marks.