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Tarisse King, born on September 4th, 1986, spent most of her youth in Darwin, where her mother still resides. At the age of 16, she moved to Adelaide to be with her father. During this time, she was exposed to her traditional culture and the powerful imagery of her father's paintings. The imagery in her painting’s represent many of the features found in and around Katherine. These features include rivers, rock holes, billabongs and rock shelters. Her 'Water Dreaming' series represent water, it's rivers and wetlands. Aboriginal people feel a spiritual connection to the land, rivers and wetlands. Many of them are named and linked to creation stories and it is believed to be inhabited by spirit beings. Her 'Salt Pools' painting (shown above) depicts a topographical view of salt lakes with pink hues in appearance. There are many salt lakes in the arid zone of Australia and the organisms that live in the them, produce glycerol and b-carotene, which often give the lake a pink color.
