I love it when I am so surprised by a shot I can't wait to share it!! Brush Strokes from Nature 1 is one of those shots. I had been kayaking in the Clontarf Marina location for weeks because I felt it might offer something. Previous shots in that location hadn't produced anything.

MIke O’Connor, Editor, Australian Photography Magazine, went on a very early morning journey with me to experience my creative practice firsthand. The conversation that evolved whilst we were kayaking in Middle Harbour, Sydney, Australia enabled me to expand on the philosophy behind my artwork and how that informs my artmaking.

This exhibition is the result of journeys I made to the UAE between 2015 and 2019 to explore the fluid edges of Dubai, a city built from oil and awash with gold, perched ostentatiously on the edge of a sun scorched desert and the Arabian gulf.

The Future of Brightness connects with everything I perceive uniquely Australian in my cultural subconscious. The artwork suggests the rich ochres on which our ancient land is built and from which the culture of our indigenous peoples created their dreamtime stories. It pushes into the vast unknowable horizons we live with on a daily basis.

Ralph Kerle Gallery is delighted to have been accepted as a partner in Art Money, a relatively new yet quickly expanding art global fin-tech based on a business model similar to Afterpay and other more traditional “buy now, pay later” fin-tech operations