The First Supper 1988 acrylic on panel
120 x 240 cm by Susan Dorothea White

PAINTINGS

"Susan Dorothea White ... explores the most intimate experiences of her life, as well as more topical subjects, in meticulously limned paintings on wood panels. Her ability to examine unflinchingly such personal milestones as her surgery for a benign brain tumour with a dazed self-portrait in a vertiginously askew hospital setting results in some of the most emotionally jarring narrative imagery in recent art."

Gallery & Studio, New York (1998)

The artist has developed a technique using multiple washes of acrylic paint on plywood panels, often accentuating the wood grain to create texture through translucent glazes. Major paintings are developed through preliminary watercolour compositions and from numerous drawings and pen sketches. The artist favours watercolour for spontaneous work, flower and nature studies.


The First Supper 1988 acrylic on panel
120 x 240 cm by Susan Dorothea White

PAINTINGS

"Susan Dorothea White ... explores the most intimate experiences of her life, as well as more topical subjects, in meticulously limned paintings on wood panels. Her ability to examine unflinchingly such personal milestones as her surgery for a benign brain tumour with a dazed self-portrait in a vertiginously askew hospital setting results in some of the most emotionally jarring narrative imagery in recent art."

Gallery & Studio, New York (1998)

The artist has developed a technique using multiple washes of acrylic paint on plywood panels, often accentuating the wood grain to create texture through translucent glazes. Major paintings are developed through preliminary watercolour compositions and from numerous drawings and pen sketches. The artist favours watercolour for spontaneous work, flower and nature studies.

THEME:
Media:
Grid view
List view
119 Works to view
119 Works to view
  • Brother Bill Reading, c. 1961
    oil on composition board
    42 x 33.5 cm
  • Mum's Centenarian Sunset, 2013-2014
    acrylic on Australian red cedar panel
    60 x 90 cm
  • The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Freeman, 2012
    acrylic on panel
    120 x 153 cm
  • Go Granny, Go!, 2003
    acrylic on panel
    65 cm
  • Menopausal Me in a Saucepan Lid, Warts 'n All, with Everything, including the Kitchen Sink, 2001
    acrylic and collage on panel
    60 x 120 cm
  • The Histology Lecture, 1999-2000
    acrylic on panel
    120 x 120 cm
  • Recovery after Brain Surgery, 1998
    acrylic on panel
    140 x 120 cm
  • The Blind Woman of Annandale, 1998
    acrylic on panel
    112 x 112 cm
  • Freudian Early Morning, 1998
    acrylic on panel
    107 x 132 cm
  • Me after Brain Surgery, 1997
    acrylic on panel
    102 x 72 cm
  • The Crowning with Sexism, 1994
    acrylic on Australian red cedar panel
    74 x 59 cm
  • Paul the Environmentalist, Levitating in the Rainforest, 1993-1999
    acrylic on panel
    120 x 240 cm
  • The Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Times (painting), 1993
    acrylic on wooden tabletop
    dia. 123 cm
  • To Cut Both Ways (painting), 1993
    acrylic on panel
    100 x 100 cm
  • The Inspired Lecturer, 1992 and 1998
    acrylic on panel
    120 x 120 cm
  • The Seven Deadly Isms, 1992
    acrylic on wooden tabletop
    dia. 122 cm
  • Brian Phoning Australia from Weesp (The Netherlands), 1991, 1996
    acrylic on panel
    77 x 70 cm
  • Backyard Gossip in Weesp / Homesick, 1991
    acrylic on panel
    75 x 122 cm
  • The Man in Drag, the Violinist, the Artist, and the Thief on a Tram in Amsterdam, 1990
    acrylic on panel
    94 x 63 cm
  • The Absence of the Prodigal Daughter / The Absence, 1990
    acrylic on panel
    198 x 125 cm
  • Dad in Hospital / The Diabetic, 1989
    acrylic on panel
    90 x 60 cm
  • The First Supper, 1988
    acrylic on panel
    120 x 240 cm
  • Moods (self-portrait), 1986–1988
    acrylic on panel
    150 x 120 cm
  • Beatrice the Paper-Seller of the White Bay Intersection / White Bay Intersection, 1986
    acrylic on panel
    98 x 123 cm
  • Harpsichord: Paintings and Carved Rose , 1984-88
    Flemish single-manual harpsichord built by Stephen Freeman - paintings and carved rose by Susan Dorothea White
    Private collection, Australia
  • Silver-eye Feeding on Flowering Gum, 1984-88
    acrylic on harpsichord keywell (3 sides)
    17 x 13 cm, 13 x 80 cm, 17 x 13 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Stephen Climbing Blue-gum, Coal and Candle Creek, Ku-ring-gai Chase, 1984-88
    acrylic on harpsichord lid (diptych)
    78 x 40 cm and 78 x 152 cm (var.)
    Private collection, Australia
  • The Life and Death of St. Francis of Australia (painting), 1982 & 1993
    acrylic on panel
    183 x 122 cm
  • Self with Children / Self-Portrait with Children, 1982
    acrylic on panel
    92 x 122 cm
  • Seated, 1981
    acrylic and collage on panel
    122 x 92 cm
  • A Month in Time (September 1980), 1980-82
    acrylic on panel
    110 x 120 cm
  • The Nun and The Knight on the Train to Rothenburg, 1980
    acrylic on panel
    57 x 122 cm
  • Autobiography, 1980
    acrylic on panel
    183 x 122 cm
  • Dreaming of Bavaria, 1979-80
    acrylic on panel
    183 x 92 cm
  • Noah's Rocket, 1978-80
    acrylic on panel
    122 x 81 cm
    Private collection, Germany
  • Dr Brian Freeman, 1978
    acrylic on panel
    213.5 x 122 cm
  • People of Sydney, 1977, 1982
    acrylic on panel
    183 x 100 cm
  • Clyde Thorpe, RRMSSO, Violinist, Teacher, 1977
    acrylic on panel
    128 x 113 cm
  • Turning and Turning / After Bushfire, 1977
    acrylic on panel
    124 x 122 cm
  • Damien White - Author, 1977
    acrylic and collage on panel
    71 x 100 cm
  • Yo-yoing / From the Fifth Floor, 1977
    acrylic on panel
    103 x 98 cm
  • The Magic Pudding (painting), 1977
    acrylic on panel
    94 x 63 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • The Front Veranda / Do Not Go Gentle, 1977
    acrylic on panel
    97 x 71 cm
  • Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 / Sextet, 1977
    acrylic on panel
    183 x 122 cm
  • Professor Robert Connell, 1976
    acrylic on panel
    80 x 122 cm
    Private collection (deteriorated condition - unrestored)
  • The Cup of Tea, 1976
    acrylic on panel
    65 x 70 cm
  • Evening: Factory Valley, 1976
    acrylic on panel
    71 x 99 cm
  • Parramatta Road, 1975
    acrylic on panel
    76.2 x 122 cm
  • Abercrombie River, Upper Reaches, 1975
    acrylic on panel
    81 x 121 cm
  • Native Pines, Warrumba Range, Central NSW, 1974
    acrylic on composition board
    58 x 214 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Eric's Cafe - Resale Royalty Rights, 1974
    acrylic and collage on panel
    62 x 77 cm
  • Three-quarter Birthday (painting), 1973
    acrylic on composition board
    71 x 63 cm
  • Homeless Man in Primula Bed, 1973
    acrylic on composition board
    53 x 37.5 cm
  • Drought: Oxford Falls, Middle Creek / Escarp, 1972-73
    acrylic on composition board
    122 x 178 cm
  • Mount Banks, Blue Mountains, 1972-73
    acrylic on composition board
    81 x 81 cm
    Private collection
  • Nootambulla Gorge, Mutawintji (Mootwingee), 1972-73
    acrylic on composition board
    76 x 122 cm
  • Ravine at Marramarra, NSW, 1972
    acrylic on composition board
    85 x 122 cm
  • Shadow, 1972
    acrylic on composition board
    84 x 122 cm
  • Cul-de-sac, 1972
    oil with acrylic underpainting on composition board
    76 x 122 cm
  • Summer Grass, 1971
    acrylic on composition board
    60 x 91 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Moving Trees, 1971
    oil on composition board
    86 x 183 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Boulders / Rock Composition, 1971
    oil on composition board
    61 x 91 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Silent River, Lane Cove, 1971
    acrylic on composition board
    67 x 120 cm
  • Running in Sand, 1971
    acrylic on composition board
    ca. 78 x 120 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Awaiting (Glebe), 1971
    acrylic on composition board
    66 x 56 cm
  • Estuary in Ochre, 1970
    oil on composition board
    90 x 121 cm
    Private collection, UK
  • Joan Kinmont, Writer, 1969
    acrylic on composition board
    70 x 60 cm
    Private collection, UK
  • Escarp, 1969
    acrylic on composition board
    91 x 122 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Sunlit Trees, Lane Cove, 1968
    oil on composition board
    90 x 76 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Lane Cove River, Winter Light, 1968
    oil on composition board
    92 x 61 cm
  • Paul, Soulful Young Boy, 1968
    oil on composition board
    30.5 x 25 cm
  • East Coast Landscape, after Bushfire, 1967 (circa)
    oil on composition board
    90 x 121 cm
    Private collection, UK
  • Michaela with Doll, 1967
    acrylic on composition board
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
  • Uncle Ted, Stirring Tea, 1967
    acrylic on composition board
    61 x 76 cm
  • Collecting River Stones, 1966
    acrylic on composition board
    66 x 98 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Portrait of Baby Paul, with Hands, 1965 circa
    peinture à l’essence on cardboard
    60 x 40 cm
  • Michaela Cuddling Paul, 1965
    oil on composition board
    91 x 61 cm
  • Bush Flagstones, 1965
    oil on composition board
    109 x 91 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Outcrop, 1965
    oil on composition board
    122 x 183 cm
  • Michaela Pointing to Baby Paul, 1965
    oil on composition board
    51 x 84 cm
  • Babies: Michaela and Paul, 1965
    oil on composition board
    40.5 x 50.5 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Baby Paul, Hot Summer Night, 1965
    oil on composition board
    122 x 91 cm
  • Baby Paul, 1965
    oil on composition board
    41 x 47 cm
  • Baby Michaela, 1964
    oil on home-prepared duck on composition board
    57.5 x 46 (var)
  • City Skyline, 1963
    oil on composition board
    22 x 61 cm
  • Paddington Street by Night / Moonlight, 1963
    oil on composition board
    122 x 183 cm
  • Sleaford Mere, Port Lincoln, 1962
    oil on composition board
    40 x 61 cm
  • Inland Wilderness / Singing Silence, 1962
    oil on composition board
    59 x 129 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Desert Sunset, Line of Lode, Broken Hill / Evening Sky, 1962
    oil on composition board
    42 x 62 cm
  • Perce (remaining fragment of destroyed painting), 1962
    oil on composition board
    81 x 29 cm
  • Rosalind Hughes, 1962
    oil on composition board
    61 x 44.5 cm
  • Dad (WRB White) under Tungsten Light, 1961
    oil on composition board
    48 x 42 cm
  • Sunset: Salt Creek, Tumby Bay, South Australia, 1961
    oil on composition board
    41 x 58 cm
  • H L (Les) Cotton, 1961
    oil on composition board
    58 x 48 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Wide Waterway, Outback Creek, 1961
    oil on composition board
    55 x 90 cm
  • Beach Scrub, Port Lincoln / Pigface, 1961
    oil on composition board
    45.5 x 61 cm
  • Hot Day, Ocean Pool, Fishery Bay, Port Lincoln, 1961
    oil on composition board
    48 x 61 cm
  • Dry Creek Bed, Broken Hill, 1961
    oil on composition board
    43 x 53 cm
  • Dad Working at Kitchen Table, 1961
    oil on composition board
    91 x 76 cm
    Verso: Rocky landscape, 1960 (76 x 91 cm)
  • Flick (Felicity Thompson), 1960 (circa)
    oil on composition board
    44.5 x 44 cm
    Private collection, UK
  • Rocky Landscape, 1960
    oil on composition board
    76 x 91 cm
    (verso of Dad working at kitchen table, 1960, 91 x 76 cm)
  • Ted Wearing Glasses, 1960
    oil on composition board (saw-cuts on right side)
    53.5 x 39.5 cm
  • Stirling Vale Creek, Drought, 1960
    oil on composition board
    58 x 90 cm
  • Stirling Vale Creek, 1960
    oil on composition board
    58 x 90 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Still Life at Julian Ashton Art School, 1960
    oil on canvas board
    56.5 x 43 cm
    Private collection, UK
  • The Pinnacles, Broken Hill, 1960
    oil on composition board
    64 x 92 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Market Gardeners, Approaching Storm, Two Wells, Adelaide Plains, 1960
    oil on composition board
    42 x 50.5 cm
  • Rocky Ridge, Scrub and Dry Grass, Overcast Afternoon, 1959
    oil on composition board
    45.5 x 61 cm
  • Tree by Dry Creek Bed, 1959
    oil on canvas board
    37.7 x 45.3 cm
  • Uncle Ted in Dressing Gown, Reading, 1959
    oil on composition board
    82 x 66 cm
  • Sunlight on Quartz Rocks, Approaching Storm, 1959
    oil on composition board
    56 x 115 cm
    Private Collection, Australia (exhibited: ‘Painters and Sculptors of Promise’ The Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery, Adelaide, 1959)
  • Summit Rock, Hazy Light, 1959
    oil on canvas-board
    50 x 60.5 cm
  • Brown Creek Gum and Saltbush, 1958
    oil on canvas board
    60.5 x 50 cm
  • The Creek Gum (Umberumberka Creek), 1958
    oil on canvas board
    51 x 38 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • Mine Shaft, Northern Outskirts, Broken Hill, 1958
    oil on canvas board
    38 x 50.5 cm
  • Erosion / Outback Erosion / The Creek Bed , 1958
    oil on canvas board
    35 x 30 cm
  • Saltbush and Creekbed, 1958
    oil on composition board
    47.5 x 51 cm
    Private collection, Australia
  • View of the Simpson's from Ivymeade: Gum and Horse , 1957
    oil on canvas paper
    22.5 x 18.5 cm
  • Nine Mile Creek (tributary of Stephens Creek, Broken Hill), 1957
    oil on canvas board
    35 x 30 cm

PAINTINGS : 119 Works
PAINTINGS : 119 Works

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