Code: ASGTK08004

Artist: Tarisse King

Title: Fire

Medium: Acrylic on Linen

Size: 180x300cm

Year: 2008

Tarisse’s father had told her that fire was the element that connected her to her ancestors and in turn her ancestors to the earth.  The heat of the fire can be felt in these artworks and it is this feeling of warmth that her father said would be the same sensation her ancestors had experienced thousands of years ago.

Tarisse directly learnt this style directly from her late father who would represent the fire as a searing and burning heat; however, Tarisse reproduces this theme with comforting and enticing warmth.  The thousands of red and yellow dots on each canvas create a nurturing glow that flicker around the canvas, producing an inviting optical effect.