"Susan White is constantly sketching from everyday life and it is from the many sketchbooks that she first extracts the material for her compositions." (A. Wernig, Munich, 1980)

The artist works in a variety of drawing media: pen and ink, ballpoint, brush, crayon, chalk, pastel, conté, and charcoal. Recently she has developed mixed media techniques in silverpoint and goldpoint.

"Capturing the essence in line alone is for me the purest form of expression."


DRAWINGS

"Susan White is constantly sketching from everyday life and it is from the many sketchbooks that she first extracts the material for her compositions." (A. Wernig, Munich, 1980)

The artist works in a variety of drawing media: pen and ink, ballpoint, brush, crayon, chalk, pastel, conté, and charcoal. Recently she has developed mixed media techniques in silverpoint and goldpoint.

"Capturing the essence in line alone is for me the purest form of expression."

THEME: Nature
THEME:
Media:
Grid view
List view
Nature
33 Works to view
33 Works to view
Nature: Nature studies in Drawings and Prints include flowers, Australian native flora, plants, vegetables, insects, fish, birds, animals. Still life (nature morte). Sculpture inspired by plant and animal forms, including beans, insects, slugs, worms, starfish.
  • Jelly Bush (Leptospermum polygalifolium), 2021
    pastel and conté
    21 x 29.7 cm
  • Chorizema cordatum - Native Flame Pea, 2021
    goldpoint, pastel and conté
    28 x 21 cm
  • Cootamundra Wattle (Acacia baileyana) - 3 Branches, 2020
    pastel
    38 x 55 cm
  • Chorizema Native Pea Flower, 2020
    pastel and conté on silicon carbide paper
    28 x 21.5 cm
  • Native Frangipani Flowers, 2020
    pastel and conté
    21 x 29.7 cm
  • Scribbly Gum Blossom with Flies, 2020
    pastel and conté on silicon carbide paper
    21 x 28 cm
  • Scribbly Gum Blossom with Teddy-bear Bees, 2020
    pastel and conté on silicon carbide paper
    21 x 28 cm
  • Queensland Wattle (Acacia podalyriifolia) - 5 Sprigs, 2018
    pastel
    38 x 55 cm
  • Wiry Bauera (Bauera rubioides), Hartz Ranges, Tasmania, 2018
    pastel, conté and goldpoint on silicon carbide paper
    28 x 21 cm
  • Queensland Silver Wattle (Acacia podalyriifolia) and Seedpods, 2014
    pastel and conté on silicon carbide paper
    28 x 22 cm
  • Picking Lilly Pillies, Piper St, Annandale, 2010
    goldpoint and pastel on silicon carbide paper
    21 x 28 cm
  • Sweet Pea Symphony, 2009
    goldpoint and pastel on silicon carbide paper
    28 x 21 cm
  • Waratah (pen), 2009
    pen
    18 x 14 cm
  • Waratah (goldpoint and pastel), 2008
    goldpoint and pastel on silicon carbide paper
    28 x 21 cm
  • White Tea Tree Flowers (Leptospermum scoparium), 2008
    goldpoint and conté on silicon carbide paper
    21 x 28 cm
  • Australian Golden Pea Flower (Dillwynia sericea) , 2008
    goldpoint and conté on silicon carbide paper
    21 x 28 cm
  • Australian Four-petal Flower (blue), 2008
    goldpoint and conté on silicon carbide paper
    21 x 28 cm
  • Passionfruit and Flower, 2006
    goldpoint, coloured pastel and conté on silicon carbide paper
    21 x 28 cm
  • Lilly Pilly, Blossoms and Berries, 2006
    goldpoint, coloured pastel and conté on silicon carbide paper
    28 x 21 cm
  • Tinting a Towel in Lilac, 2005
    violet, black and white chalk on grey pastel paper
    30 x 21 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • 15-colour Sfumato Tomato, 2005
    pastel chalks on red-ochre ingres paper
    32.5 x 24.5 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Monochrome Sfumato Tomato, 2005
    pencil and white chalk on blue-toned paper
    37.5 x 27.5 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Gilding the Lily, 2005
    goldpoint, black and white chalk on silicon carbide paper
    23 x 28 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Pepper's Snout and Paws, 1997
    pen and brush wash
    21 x 14 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Silver Wattle in Our Backyard, 1985
    pen, brown ink and spittle
    38 x 51 cm
  • Pine from Window, Les Ulis, Paris, 1979
    pen
    36 x 48 cm
  • Sketch: Flies on a Scrap of Paper, 1972
    pencil and ballpoint
    7.5 x 12.5 cm
  • Bamboo Shoots in Sand, North Queensland Coast, 1962
    brush and ink
    37 x 27.5 cm
  • Leopard, Taronga Park Zoo, 1961
    crayon
    28 x 38 cm
  • Black Velvet, 1961
    charcoal and white blackboard chalk on dark grey paper
    52 x 39 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Our Puppy 'Binker', 1960 circa
    crayon
    30 x 28 cm
  • Two Horses, Ivymeade, Burnside, 1959
    brush and ink
    20 x 25 cm
  • Two Horses at Trough, Ivymeade, Burnside, 1959
    cray-pas
    20 x 25 cm

DRAWINGS : Nature 33 Works
DRAWINGS : Nature 33 Works

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