Paintings : Scenes

"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.

Paintings

Theme: Scenes
Paintings Theme: Scenes
52 Works to view
52 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.
  • Stephen Climbing Blue-gum, Coal and Candle Creek, Ku-ring-gai Chase 1984-1988
    acrylic on harpsichord lid (diptych)
    78 x 40 cm and 78 x 152 cm (var.)
    P-1984-88
  • Silver-eye Feeding on Flowering Gum 1984-1988
    acrylic on harpsichord keywell (3 sides)
    17 x 13 cm, 13 x 80 cm, 17 x 13 cm
    P-1984-88
  • Harpsichord: Paintings and Carved Rose 1984-1988
    Flemish single-manual harpsichord built by Stephen Freeman; paintings and carved rose by Susan Dorothea White
    P-1984-88
  • Turning and Turning 1977
    aka After Bushfire
    acrylic on panel (plywood)
    124 x 122 cm
    P-1977-6
  • Abercrombie River, Upper Reaches 1975
    acrylic on panel (plywood)
    81 x 121 cm
    P-1975
  • Spencer's Crossing 1975
    (Kosciuszko National Park, NSW)
    acrylic on panel (Maranti plywood)
    46 x 244 cm
    P-1975
  • Parramatta Road 1975
    acrylic on panel (plywood)
    76.2 x 122 cm
    P-1975
  • Native Pines, Warrumba Range 1974
    (Central NSW)
    acrylic on composition board
    58 x 214 cm
    P-1974
  • Nootambulla Gorge 1972-1973
    (Mutawintji / Mootwingee)
    acrylic on composition board
    76 x 122 cm
    P-1972-6
  • Mount Banks, Blue Mountains 1972-1973
    acrylic on composition board
    81 x 81 cm
    P-1972-4
  • Escarpment 1972-1973
    aka Drought: Oxford Falls, Middle Creek / Escarp
    acrylic on composition board
    122 x 178 cm
    P-1972-5
  • Shadow 1972
    acrylic on composition board
    84 x 122 cm
    P-1972-3
  • Ravine at Marramarra, NSW 1972
    acrylic on composition board
    85 x 122 cm
    P-1972-2
  • Running in Sand 1971
    acrylic on composition board
    ca. 78 x 120 cm
    P-1971-1
  • Silent River 1971
    (Lane Cove National Park)
    acrylic on composition board
    68 x 122 cm
    P-1971-3
  • Rock Composition 1971
    aka Boulders
    oil on composition board
    61 x 91 cm
    P-1971-4
  • Moving Trees 1971
    oil on composition board
    86 x 183 cm
    P-1971-5
  • Summer Grass 1971
    acrylic on composition board
    60 x 91 cm
    P-1971-6
  • Estuary in Ochre 1970
    oil on composition board
    90 x 121 cm
    P-1970-1
  • Escarp 1969
    acrylic on composition board
    91.5 x 122 cm
    P-1969-1
  • Lane Cove River, Winter Light 1968
    oil on composition board
    92 x 61 cm
    P-1968-1
  • Sunlit Trees, Lane Cove 1968
    oil on composition board
    55.9 x 46 cm
    P-1968-2
  • East Coast Landscape, after Bushfire 1967 circa
    oil on composition board
    90 x 121 cm
    P-1967-3
  • Collecting River Stones 1966
    acrylic on composition board
    66 x 98 cm (est.)
    P-1966-1
  • Outcrop 1965
    oil on composition board
    122 x 183 cm
    P-1965-6
  • Bush Flagstones 1965
    oil on composition board
    109 x 91 cm (est.)
    P-1965-7
  • Moonlight 1963
    aka Paddington Street by Night
    oil on composition board
    122 x 183 cm
    P-1963
  • City Skyline 1963
    oil on composition board
    22 x 61 cm
    P-1963
  • Evening Sky 1962
    aka Desert Sunset, Line of Lode, Broken Hill
    oil on composition board
    42 x 62 cm
    P-1962
  • Inland Wilderness / Singing Silence 1962
    oil on composition board
    59 x 129 cm
    P-1962
  • Sleaford Mere, Port Lincoln 1962
    oil on composition board
    40 x 61 cm
    P-1962
  • Dry Creek Bed, Broken Hill 1961
    oil on composition board
    43 x 53 cm
    P-1961
  • Hot Day, Ocean Pool 1961
    (Fishery Bay, Port Lincoln)
    oil on composition board
    48 x 61 cm
    P-1961
  • Beach Scrub, Port Lincoln 1961
    aka Pigface
    oil on reversed composition board
    45.5 x 61 cm
    P-1961
  • Wide Waterway, Outback Creek 1961
    oil on composition board
    55 x 90 cm
    P-1961
  • Sunset (Salt Creek, Pt. Lincoln) 1961
    (Tumby Bay, South Australia)
    oil on composition board
    41 x 58 cm
    P-1961
  • Market Gardeners, Approaching Storm, Two Wells, Adelaide Plains 1960
    oil on reversed composition board
    42 x 50.5 cm, 45 x 53.5 x 2.5 cm (frame)
    P-1960
  • The Pinnacles 1960
    aka The Pinnacles, Broken Hill
    oil on composition board
    64.2 x 92.1 cm
    P-1960-1
  • Still Life at Julian Ashton Art School 1960
    oil on canvas board
    56.5 x 43 cm
    P-1960
  • Stirling Vale Creek 1960
    oil on composition board
    57.5 x 90 cm
    P-1960
  • Stirling Vale Creek, Drought 1960
    oil on reversed composition board
    58 x 90 cm
    P-1960
  • Summit Rock, Hazy Light 1959
    oil on canvas board
    50.4 x 60.5 cm
    59.6 x 69.6 x 2 cm (frame)
    P-1959-1
  • Sunlight on Quartz Rocks, Approaching Storm 1959
    aka Quartzite
    oil on composition board
    56 x 115 cm
    P-1959-5
  • Tree by Dry Creek Bed 1959
    oil on Windsor Series oilboard
    37.6 x 45.3 cm
    P-1959-2
  • Rocky Ridge, Scrub and Dry Grass, Overcast Afternoon 1959
    oil on reversed composition-board
    45.6 (rhs) x 53.3 (lhs) x 61.0 cm (not square)
    P-1959-3
  • Saltbush and Creekbed 1958
    oil on composition board
    47.6 x 50.9 cm
    P-1958-3
  • The Creek Bed 1958
    aka Erosion / Outback Erosion / Sun Landscape
    oil on cardboard
    35.3 x 30.4 cm
    39.1 x 33.9 x 3 cm (frame)
    P-1958-1
  • Mine Shaft, Northern Outskirts, Broken Hill 1958
    oil on Atelier canvas board
    38 x 50.7 cm (irreg.)
    P-1958-5
  • The Creek Gum (Umberumberka Creek) 1958
    aka Gum
    oil on canvas board
    51 x 38 cm
    P-1958-4
  • Brown Creek Gum and Saltbush 1958
    oil on board
    60.5 x 50 cm
    P-1958-2
  • Nine Mile Creek (tributary of Stephens Creek, Broken Hill) 1957
    oil
    35.3 x 30.4 cm (irreg.)
    P-1957-2
  • View of the Simpson's from Ivymeade: Gum and Horse 1957
    oil
    22.5 x 18.5 cm (LHS irreg.)
    P-1957-1

Paintings : Scenes 52 Works to view
Paintings : Scenes 52 Works to view


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