{"product_id":"sarrita-king-earth-elements-2026-40x60cm-2","title":"Sarrita King | 'Earth Elements, 2026' | 40x60cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCode:\u003c\/strong\u003e DSK26065\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sarrita King\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Earth Elements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e Darwin, NT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommunity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gurindji \/ Waanyi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acrylic On Canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40x60cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarrita King paints the land as if hovering above it. \u003cem\u003eEarth Elements\u003c\/em\u003e looks down on a stretch of Country where water cuts through darker ground. A pale river runs diagonally across the canvas. It glows soft blue against the deep, dotted earth around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo waterholes sit in the lower half. They appear as concentric rings, the way natural waterholes register on the landscape when seen from the sky. A third, smaller one drifts in the upper left corner. These are the gathering places King remembers from travels around Katherine and Alice Springs. Meeting points. Places that hold life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dotting here is fine and patient. Layer upon layer builds the texture of soil, sand and stone. Horizontal currents move through the work like wind across dunes or water through a channel. King learned this layered approach from her father, the late William King Jungala, and developed it into her own visual shorthand for the textures of the tropical north.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe calls her wider practice the language of the earth. Every ripple and crack is the land speaking. In this work the speech is quiet. The river and the waterholes carry the story. The surrounding country listens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKing is a Gurindji Waanyi woman who grew up in Darwin, immersed in the weather and landforms of the Top End. Her Gurindji ancestors led the Wave Hill Walk-Off, the first successful land rights claim in Australia. That inheritance sits behind her aerial views of Country. She paints the land her family has always known, translated for a contemporary eye.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dreamtime Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51462840582377,"sku":"DSK26065","price":995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/0993\/6873\/files\/DSK26065-Sarrita_King-2026-Earth_Elements-40x60-1_web2000.jpg?v=1782788022","url":"https:\/\/cag.art\/products\/sarrita-king-earth-elements-2026-40x60cm-2","provider":"Canberra Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}