MEET RALPH KERLE
Ralph Kerle is one of Australia’s foremost contemporary abstract art photographers, based in Sydney, Australia. His work has been featured in numerous photography exhibitions and galleries in Australia and world-wide. He creates photographic art by capturing real abstract images that exist in nature, focusing on water surfaces to create an abstract form of ocean and nature art photography.
THE ART JOURNAL
Treecolour: Beauty, Memory and the Australian Landscape
In a secluded mangrove channel of Sydney’s Middle Harbour, native trees dissolve into luminous greens, turquoise light and dark floating forms. Treecolour explores the tranquil beauty of this hidden waterway and the tension created by the industrial history that still shadows its landscape.
Learn moreKandinsky’s Follies — Finding Music in the Water
Kandinsky’s Follies began simply enough: a close-up photograph of a reflection on the surface of the water. The colours came from a vessel, but the water had taken possession of them. Blue, yellow, white, black and gold had been stretched and twisted into fluid forms that seemed to dance across the surface. I knew there was something in the image, but for some time I couldn't find its name.
Learn moreBlue Mood: Putting the Senses Back in Order
Can water change the quality of our attention? Introducing Blue Mood, a visual summary of connection, restoration, and those rare moments when our senses finally return to order.
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RALPH'S ART IN REAL LIFE











