{"product_id":"sarrita-king-earth-elements-2026-80x82cm","title":"Sarrita King | 'Earth Elements, 2026' | 80x82cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCode:\u003c\/strong\u003e DDSK26065\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 80x82cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarrita King paints the earth as if listening to it. \u003cem\u003eEarth Elements\u003c\/em\u003e looks down on Country from above, tracing the way water, wind and stone leave their marks over time. Blue veins wander across a pale ground. Dark grains gather in drifts. Pockets of ochre and teal seep through like mineral stains in wet rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKing grew up in Darwin, surrounded by the weather and landforms of the tropical north. Her father, the late William King Jungala, taught her that every crack, ripple and burn mark is the earth speaking. She calls this the Language of the Earth. Her \u003cem\u003eEarth Elements\u003c\/em\u003e works are her translations of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dotting here is dense and almost atmospheric. Fine points build into cloud like fields, then loosen into open washes where the canvas breathes. Ringed forms suggest waterholes seen from the air. Meandering lines read as dry creek beds, or the tracks of rain finding its way through sand. Nothing is fixed. The eye keeps drifting, the way it does over real country from a small plane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKing belongs to the Gurindji and Waanyi peoples, with ancestral lands running from Katherine down through the desert toward Mount Isa. She began painting at sixteen and has built a practice that carries her father's methods forward while making them her own. The result is quiet and physical at once. You feel the heat in the ground and the coolness of the water beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA contemplative work for a room that rewards slow looking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarrita King","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51510023749865,"sku":"DDSK26065","price":2995.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/0993\/6873\/files\/DDSK26065_-_Sarrita_King-2026-Earth_Elements-80x82-1_web2000.jpg?v=1783814942","url":"https:\/\/cag.art\/products\/sarrita-king-earth-elements-2026-80x82cm","provider":"Canberra Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}