Held Within

Held Within

No. 1 of the Woven Collection
100cm (H) x 78cm (W) x 3.5cm (D)

Held Within explores the quiet strength of connection — the unseen threads that support, shape and steady us.

Natural canvas fabric is stretched and gathered across the surface, forming soft, sculptural folds that create movement and depth. These forms gently rise and fall, suggesting the ebb and flow of relationships and the way connection can both hold and release us over time. The raw canvas remains visible, grounding the piece and allowing space to breathe, while subtle tonal shifts add warmth and balance.

🏆 Recipient of the Service Art Award (2026) Wollongong, recognising artistic achievement and creativity of current and former service personnel.

This work invites stillness and reflection, offering a sense of calm presence within a space. It is designed to complement contemporary interiors while bringing a deeper narrative of connection, resilience, and quiet strength.

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Details
• Original artwork
• Acrylic and natural fabric on canvas
• One-of-a-kind piece
• Signed on the back
• Ready to hang
• Painted on premium quality gallery-wrapped canvas (3.5cm depth)
• Includes Certificate of Authenticity

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Collection

This unique artwork is part of the Woven Collection — a series exploring connection through layered textile elements and sculptural form. Each piece incorporates fabric as both material and metaphor, representing the way individuals and relationships intertwine, gather, and shift over time.

The use of three knots within each work reflects a sense of balance and continuity, inspired by symbolism associated with harmony and flow. Subtle metallic or tonal accents are occasionally introduced to represent moments of light within structure.

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About the Artist

Suzanne Carter is a mixed-media artist based on the South Coast of NSW. Her work explores themes of connection, nature, and lived experience through intuitive layering, colour, and form.

Working across acrylic and textile elements, Suzanne creates pieces that balance movement with stillness, often reflecting the ebb and flow of life and relationships. Her practice is grounded in creating work that offers a sense of calm, reflection, and quiet strength, while also bringing moments of positivity and connection into contemporary spaces.

Suzanne has exhibited across regional New South Wales and has received multiple awards for her work, including recognition for artistic achievement and creativity. She is also a founder of the Bowerbird Arts Trail, supporting local artists and fostering connection within the creative community.

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Suzanne Carter is a contemporary Australian mixed media artist based in Tomakin on the NSW South Coast.

Her practice explores connection as an evolving experience, expressed through multiple visual languages that move between sculptural textile form and expressive abstraction. Working intuitively, she builds each piece through a process of response and refinement, allowing compositions to develop their own rhythm, movement and energy.

Suzanne’s current collections — including Botanicals, Woven, Deep Reflections, Exuberance and Koi — explore different expressions of connection, from nature-inspired forms to quiet introspection and bold, energetic movement. Her work often sits between painting and object, particularly within her textile-based pieces, where hand-constructed elements introduce depth, structure and tactile presence.

An award-winning artist, Suzanne has received Champion and First Prize at the Moruya Agricultural Show and multiple awards including the Royal Canberra Show 2026. Most recently, she was recognised with the Service Art Award at the South Coast Private Hospital Wollongong Art Exhibition, acknowledging artistic achievement and creativity of service personnel.

Her work is increasingly collected for its contemporary presence, emotional depth and ability to transform a space, with a growing audience drawn to both her sculptural textile works and expressive abstract paintings