Sophia Mary Mac

Licking in the Mouth

2024 250 mm x 200 mm Oil on Board

Monda shows her excitement by licking Sugar in the mouth. If they were children it would be strange. But they are dogs, so it’s okay. Sophia Mary Mac is a multidisciplinary artist based in the Northern Rivers / on Bundjalung Country. She primarily works with oil paint and fine-line ink drawings. Her work explores visceral memory, using painting as a cathartic process to linger within memories and the passage of time. Sophia aims to highlight the spaces and moments in between, a kind of limbo or mundane purgatory. Her practice invites viewers to reflect on the subtle transitions and quiet interludes that make up our everyday lives.