{"product_id":"natures-infrastructure","title":"Nature’s Infrastructure","description":"\n          \u003ch3\u003e90 x 110 cm\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n          \u003cp\u003eSigned Limited Edition 1 of 5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            Giclée Print created on Museum Archival Fine Art Paper \/\n            Hahnemühle German Etching Rag 310gsm\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n          \u003ch4\u003e\n            \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ralphkerlesart.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003e\n              \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\n                Custom Commissions Available\n              \u003c\/span\u003e\n            \u003c\/a\u003e\n          \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Story\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            Often when I first look at an artwork on the computer, I see\n            layers within it before I can find its name. I spend time simply\n            staring at those layers and allowing the work to reveal itself.\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            With \u003cem\u003eNature’s Infrastructure\u003c\/em\u003e, my eye went first to the\n            beautiful resonant blue. It seemed to hold the artwork together\n            against a forest of deep green, across which fragments of light\n            glistened.\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            Then the remaining layers of gold and earth began to emerge.\n            The longer I looked, the more they suggested roads, beaches,\n            tracks and coastlines—the infrastructure of some hidden world\n            viewed almost from above.\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            And then there are the shapes moving across the surface.\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            At times they remind me of carved forms from the Tiwi Islands,\n            seemingly floating across the water. That is a visual association\n            rather than a literal cultural reference, but it adds another\n            layer to what I imagine I am seeing. The shapes seem to possess\n            movement and purpose, almost like messengers travelling across\n            the surface carrying something we cannot quite decipher.\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            That is where the title \u003cem\u003eNature’s Infrastructure\u003c\/em\u003e came from.\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            There appear to be networks everywhere within the work: pathways\n            of colour, movement, light, land and water. For a brief moment,\n            the surface has created its own architecture—a hidden world that\n            exists only until the water shifts and constructs another.\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n        ","brand":"Ralph Kerle Store","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition 1\/5","offer_id":60094733090897,"sku":"103808-90x110-1\/5","price":3300.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/0203\/5537\/files\/Nature_s_Infrastructure_-_New_Releases_v2.jpg?v=1787194222","url":"https:\/\/www.ralphkerlesart.com\/products\/natures-infrastructure","provider":"Ralph Kerle's Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}