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Joan Ross Possession – imagine if they’d cared

Wynne Prize 2023 finalist Joan Ross ‘Possession – imagine if they’d cared’

Look at the layers of this artwork.

On the transparent layer on top, Joan Ross has painted a colonial woman from long ago receiving a wilted flower as a gift from a man. In the background, we can see people in a bush landscape under a sky that looks like something from a science-fiction movie. Joan loves nature and creates art that makes us think about our impact on the environment.

How many creatures can you spot in the landscape?