"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."
Scenes
44 Works to view
44 Works to view
Scenes: Atmospheric landscapes composed in the studio: trees, rivers, rocks, cliffs. Plein air (early works) include bush, desert, sunsets and coastal scenes. City scenes include: streets, buildings, backyards, factories, and construction sites.
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Windmill, Murray River, 2011
pen
14 x 21 cm
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Murray River: Cliffs and Bird , 2011
pen
14 x 21 cm
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La Puerta del Vino, 2011
pen
21 x 15 cm
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Toledo by Day (diptych - right), 2011
pen
15 x 21 cm
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Toledo by Day (diptych - left), 2011
pen
15 x 21 cm
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Windmill, Kostverlorenkade, Amsterdam, 2010
pen
21 x 14 cm
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Sketch: Low Tide, Rozelle Bay, 2009
pen
21 x 29.7 cm
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Sketch: King Tide, Rozelle Bay, 2009
pen
21 x 29.7 cm
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Wounded Tree from Our Window, 2003
pastel
42 x 31 cm
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Young Street from Our Window, 2003
pastel on Japanese paper
62.5 x 94.5 cm
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Boiling the Billy, 2001
pastel
29.7 x 42 cm
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Lane Closed, Kent Street, Miller's Point, 1986
pen and spittle wash
18 x 26 cm
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Danger - Demolition, NSW Fisheries House, Kent St, after Fire, 1985
pen and wash
38 x 51 cm
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Rank Kirby Furniture Factory, Interior, 1985
pen and spittal wash on toned paper
38 x 51 cm
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Rank Kirby Furniture Factory, Lilyfield (Piper St end), 1985
pen and spittal wash on toned paper
38 x 51 cm
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Burnt-out Building, Clarence St, Sydney, 1985
pen and spittal wash on toned paper
38 x 51 cm
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Palm Trees by Johnstons Creek Canal, Rozelle Bay, 1985
pen and spittal wash on toned paper
21 x 30 cm
Private collection
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Fisheries Building, Kent St – Fire Ruin , 1984
pen and spittal wash
30 x 42 cm
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Fisheries House, Kent St, after Fire, 1984
pen and spittal wash
42 x 30 cm
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Rank Kirby Furniture Factory and Whites Creek Canal, 1984
pen and spittal wash
37 x 50 cm
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Native Pines, Meroo Point, NSW, 1980 circa
pencil
28 x 36 cm
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Big Fat on the Jackhammer, 1980
pen
27 x 37 cm
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Sheet Metal Guillotine, Williams & Sons, Fairfield, 1979
pen and spittle wash
17 x 23 cm
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Gantry Crane, Rozelle Bay , 1977
pen and brown ink
27 x 36.2 cm
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Ruined Sheds and Gantry, Rozelle Bay , 1977
pen and brown ink
27 x 36.2 cm
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Factory Workers Resting, The Crescent, Rozelle Bay, 1977
pen and brown ink
36.2 x 27 cm
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Corner shop, Annandale and Wisdom Streets, 1977
pen
37 x 54 cm
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Scaffolding: St James Road Court from Elizabeth St, 1977
pen
54 x 37 cm
(published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006) -
Cascades, Wattamolla, Royal National Park, 1971
ballpoint
28 x 38 cm
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View from Top Flat, 115A Paddington St., 1963
pen and wash
31 x 56 cm (var)
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Glaring Afternoon Sun, Red Hill near Broken Hill, 1962
crayon
27.5 x 38 cm
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Terrace Houses, Kings Cross, 1961
pencil
27 x 37 cm
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Walsh Bay, Sydney, 1961
pen and ink
28 x 38 cm
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Splintered Outback Rock, Broken Hill, 1961
crayon
28 x 38 cm
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Gumtree Roots, Outback Creek, 1961
pen
27.5 x 37.7 cm
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Outback Gums and Saltbush (Stephens Creek) / Trees, 1961
brush and ink
39 x 56 cm
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Zig-zag Rocky Ridge, Broken Hill, 1961
pen and black ink
28 x 38 cm
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Jagged Outback Rocks, 1961
crayon
28 x 38 cm
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Narrow Street, The Rocks, Sydney, 1960
charcoal
37.5 x 27.5 cm
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Gnarled Olive Trees, City Parkland, Adelaide, 1960
black and brown crayon
27 x 37 cm
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Docks, Port Adelaide, 1959
pencil
26 x 37.5 cm
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Man Seated under Old Gum, 1959
cray-pas and pencil
37.5 x 27 cm
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Adelaide Street with Figures and Bus, 1959
pencil
25 x 20 cm
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Men Working and Trolleybus, Hindley Street, Adelaide, 1959
pen and black ink
27.5 x 37.5 cm
DRAWINGS :
Scenes
44 Works
DRAWINGS :
Scenes
44 Works