Another of our artists, Kay Gibson has been selected as a finalist in the SWAN prize 2022 at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery. ARTIST STATEMENT Kay’s art practice combines her love of printmaking, drawing and painting along with her passion for working on and with paper. For nearly 5 decades the Margaret River region has been her home and her work often portrays the flora and fauna of the area. In this work Kay has used some of the plants that grow along the river to create soft ground etchings that have been printed onto rice paper. All the paper has been hand-coloured and torn to create the image. When viewing the landscape Kay says “I often wonder what it would have been like for the first people that lived in this place, the Wadandi People. Having intimate knowledge of the land was crucial to their everyday life and survival and ultimately sustained them for thousands of years. Today our lives are not as obviously or as directly dependent on the plants and animals that surround us but we must know their role in order to maintain healthy ecosystems. This artwork is a homage to this beautiful and vital river."