Impressions of a Turner Landscape 9 — Hammersley Prototype

A luminous abstract artwork in gold, ochre and deep earth tones, inspired by J. M. W. Turner’s atmospheric treatment of light, water and landscape.

At two metres wide, the work has the scale to anchor a significant interior while retaining the atmospheric ambiguity and sense of movement that define the Impressions of a Turner Landscape series.

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Award-winning Australian artist · Internationally exhibited · Collected in more than 20 countries

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The Story Behind the Artwork

The Impressions of a Turner Landscape collection grew from my longstanding interest in the English painter J. M. W. Turner.

Turner worked from the late eighteenth century into the middle of the nineteenth century, yet many of his paintings appear remarkably modern. His handling of light, atmosphere and dissolving form often seems to anticipate Impressionism and abstraction. In my estimation, Turner was one of the earliest modern Impressionist painters.

I felt an immediate connection with Turner when I encountered the first artwork in this collection. Many of his works were shaped by the sea, rivers, storms and changing atmospheric conditions. My own work is also grounded in water—created through the reflections and illusions I encounter while kayaking.

Working at water level gives me an unusual perspective. Light moves across the surface, while the colours and forms of vessels become fragmented and transformed. For a brief moment, these elements can create the illusion of an entirely new landscape: one that exists somewhere between observation and imagination.

Impressions of a Turner Landscape 9 emerged from one of those moments. Its luminous yellow field, shifting lines and darker horizontal forms suggest an atmospheric landscape, although nothing in the artwork is quite what it first appears to be.

Like the other works in the collection, it invites the viewer to decide what they are seeing. The interpretation may change each time the artwork is revisited.

Created on the Water

Ralph Kerle creates his abstract artworks from real reflections found on the surface of water. Working from a kayak at water level, he photographs the constantly changing interaction of light, colour, movement and reflected forms.

The compositions are discovered rather than constructed. There is no compositing of separate images: the abstraction exists momentarily on the surface of the water and is captured through timing, position and movement.

This process has developed into a distinctive body of work in which the camera becomes less a documentary instrument and more a way of painting with reflected light.

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Artwork Details

Title
Impressions of a Turner Landscape 9

Dimensions
200 × 100 cm

Edition
Limited Edition of 5

Current availability
Edition 1 of 5

Medium
Giclée fine art print

Paper
Hahnemühle German Etching Rag 310 gsm

Authenticity
Signed and supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity

Limited Edition

Impressions of a Turner Landscape 9 is released in an edition of five. Editions are made available progressively, with the value increasing as the edition advances.

Edition 1 of 5 currently available — A$5,500

Acquiring the Artwork

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About Ralph Kerle

Ralph Kerle is an award-winning Australian artist whose work explores the abstract visual world created by reflections on water.

His artworks have been exhibited internationally and acquired by collectors in Australia and overseas. His practice has developed through more than a decade of working directly on waterways, photographing fleeting compositions formed by light, architecture, landscape and movement.

Exhibited Internationally

Ralph Kerle’s work has been exhibited in Australia, Europe and the United States, including:

The Indeterminate Sublime — Rothko Museum, Latvia
42 Contemporary Artists — Berlin Art Week, Germany
The Art of Navy — Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney

Explore Impressions of a Turner Landscape

Explore other works from Ralph Kerle’s continuing study of light, water and the visual legacy of J. M. W. Turner.

The Landscape Within the Reflection

Read Ralph’s Art Journal essay exploring Turner, abstraction and the ideas behind the Impressions of a Turner Landscape series.