Red Sky on a Scarlet Night
Middle Harbour, Sydney, is the location for this artwork. The eerie sky is in fact, the hull of a moored yacht and the bottom half of the artwork, its reflection on the water. Blood red contrasts the slither of blue, breaking the horizon to suggest a landscape The...
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SPECIFICATIONS
Artwork Details
- Title
- Red Sky on a Scarlet Night
- Dimensions
- 110 × 220 cm
- Print medium & paper
- Giclee Print on Museum Quality Archival Paper
- Edition
- Limited edition of 3
- Collection
- LandEscapes
- Colour mood
- Warm
- Authenticity
- Signed and supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity
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SCARCITY
Limited Edition
Red Sky on a Scarlet Night is released as a limited edition artwork. Editions are made available progressively, with the value increasing as the edition advances.
The Story Behind the Artwork
Middle Harbour, Sydney, is the location for this artwork. The eerie sky is in fact, the hull of a moored yacht and the bottom half of the artwork, its reflection on the water. Blood red contrasts the slither of blue, breaking the horizon to suggest a landscape The artwork pays homage to the school of abstract expressionism known as the colourfield. painting, specifically the works of one of the movement's founders, Mark Rothko. Works by the Australian artist, Fred Williams, in his Infinite Horizons series, have also been seen as an influence on the artwork.
Making the Artwork
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.
THE ARTIST
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.
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International Exhibitions
Ralph Kerle’s work has been exhibited in Australia, Europe and the United States, including:
- The Indeterminate Sublime — Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, Latvia
- The Water Spirits of Aveiro — Galeria Edificio Antiga Capitania, Aveiro, Portugal
- The Indeterminate Sublime — Kalve Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Drawings on Water — Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Drawings on Water — Espaço Espelho d'Água Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
- Drawings on Water Series 2 — Sagra Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- Group Exhibition — WelcomeToArt Gallery, Embaixada, Príncipe Real, Lisbon, Portugal
- 42 Contemporary Artists — Berlin Art Week, Germany
- The Art of Navy — Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
Prizes
- Winner — Willoughby Council 150th Anniversary Celebration Art Prize
- Longlisted — Booooooom Photo Awards, Vancouver, Canada
