Suzi Novak
My art practice centres around exploration of female sexuality through a lens of personal strength and power. I often recall a memory or feeling that evolves into a theme that guides my next piece and continues my body of work. Through this process I reflect on my odyssey as a woman and as a lover, and what it means for those identities and experiences to be interrelated.
Framing traditional notions of intimacy between man and woman my art is a memoir and oracle. Being a lover is inherently feminine to me, and therefore my work also encompasses love for oneself, other women, and mother nature. Embracing the feminine, I use my practice to manoeuvre through mythology, music, nature, memory, and fantasy. My pieces consciously centre animals as symbols of personal power and I find their intuitive nature an important factor in reflecting the relationship of woman as lover. In this way, I often do not plan my work or sketch things out, I allow for inspiration through all my mediums to guide each piece on its own journey.
