Artist: Tarisse King
Title: Earth Images
Medium: Acrylic on Linen
Common to Aboriginal practice, Tarisse was handed down the Earth Images style to paint by her late father, William King Jungala. It is a macro view of land around the small remote town of Katherine, the area where her Gurindji tribe once inhabited. It details meandering rivers, small tributaries, active and abandoned campsites.
The impact of strong colour is immediate in these artworks and the canvas is starkly broken by the dominant and contrasting lines mapping waterways cutting their way through the land. By concentrating her background dots or placing them sparingly Tarisse manages to create a 3-D effect of landscape, as if one was seeing all the formations from a bird’s eye view.
Tarisse King, mchoraji wa picha za dunia, aliandika katika kitabu chake cha 'Tarisse King' kwamba alikuwa na tabia ya kuchora picha za dunia, na kwamba alikuwa amepokea picha za dunia kutoka kwa baba yake, William King Jungala. "Mfano wa picha hiyo ni ""Mkono wa Mwili"" ulio karibu na mji mdogo wa Katherine, eneo ambalo kabila lake la Gurindji lilikuwa likikaa." Inaeleza kwa undani mito yenye mteremko, vijito vidogo, maeneo ya kupiga kambi yenye shughuli nyingi na yaliyoachwa. Athari ya rangi kali ni ya papo hapo katika kazi hizi za sanaa na canvas ni starkly kuvunjwa na mstari kutawala na tofauti ramani njia za maji kukata njia yao kwa njia ya ardhi. Kwa kukusanya dots yake ya nyuma au kuweka kwa kiasi Tarisse anafanikiwa kuunda athari ya 3D ya mandhari, kama mtu alikuwa kuona malezi yote kutoka mtazamo wa ndege.