DRAWINGS : People

"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

Theme: People
Theme:
Medium:
Grid view
List view
DRAWINGS Theme: People
185 Works to view Page 1 2 3
185 Works to view Page 1 2 3
People: The human narrative and genre scenes inspired by domestic situations, people at work, musicians, commuters, social issues, blindness, illness, poverty, old age. Portraits include family members, self-portraits, children, babies, and people in their environment. In major paintings the subject is repeated from varied viewpoints in a fugal style composition.
  • Lucian Asleep, 2015
    pencil
    14.8 x 21 cm
  • Odette Breastfeeding Lucian, 2014
    pencil
    20 x 13 cm
  • Lucian Asleep, Café 1900, Amsterdam, 2014
    pencil
    13 x 20 cm
  • Russian Busking in Venice, 2013
    pen
    14 x 20 cm
  • Women in Dubai, 2013
    pen
    20 x 13 cm
  • Sidewalk Café, Venice, 2013
    pen and spittle wash
    13 x 20 cm
  • Beggar in Venice, 2013
    pen and spittle wash
    13 x 20 cm
  • Mum doing Crossword, 2013
    brush and ink
    21 x 29.7 cm
  • Mum at 101, 2012
    pen
    15 x 21 cm
  • Stephen Freeman, Concertmaster, 2011
    pen
    15 x 21 cm
  • Ngong Ping Garden Restaurant, Hong Kong, 2011
    pen
    15 x 21 cm
  • Imy Reading on Sofa, 2011
    pen
    21 x 14 cm
  • Imy Reading Harry Potter, 2011
    pen
    14 x 21 cm
  • Chatting Smokers, Glebe Point Road, 2010
    pen and black ink
    14 x 18 cm
  • Stephen Freeman, Concertmaster and Nina Bols Lundgren, Soprano, 2010
    pen
    14 x 21 cm
  • Not a Rothko - pen study for print, 2010
    black felt-top pen
    21 x 15 cm
  • Simon Murphy Conducting New Dutch Academy, 2010
    pen
    21 x 14 cm
  • Woman at Beach, Nielsen Park, Sydney, 2010
    pen
    14 x 21 cm
  • Imy Drinking Lemonade, 2009 circa
    pastel
    30 x 42 cm
  • Sketch: Smasch's Ear and Eva Cox, Glebe Deli Cafe, 2009
    pen and black ink
    14 x 18 cm
  • Imogen Drawing, 2009
    goldpoint, pencil, black conté on silicon carbide paper
    28 x 21 cm
  • Gaia Listening to Grandpa Reading, 2008
    pen
    20 x 20 cm
  • Marking Exams, 2006
    goldpoint, black chalk and white chalk on silicon carbide paper
    28 x 21 cm
  • Feisty 95-year-old Mum, 2006
    goldpoint, coloured pastel and conté on silicon carbide paper
    28 x 21 cm
  • Georgia Brown (flute), New Dutch Academy Soloists, 2006
    pen
    14 x 20 cm
  • Stephen Freeman (violin), New Dutch Academy Soloists, 2006
    pen
    14 x 20 cm
  • Eduard Wesley (oboe), New Dutch Academy Soloists, 2006
    pen
    14 x 20 cm
  • Simon Murphy (viola), New Dutch Academy Soloists, 2006
    pen
    14 x 20 cm
  • Surgery Reattaching Ginevra de 'Benci's Arms and Hands, 2005
    graphite underdrawing, coloured pencil and conté with giclee
    29 x 21 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Sex Change for Vitruvian Man, 2005
    drafting pen, black ink and gouache
    24.5 x 21 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Musicians Living in Amsterdam, 2005
    pastel
    29.7 x 42 cm
  • Imy Listening to 'The Hobbit', 2002
    pastel
    55.5 x 79 cm
  • Due, 2001
    pastel
    42 x 29.7 cm
  • Baroque Violinist - Stephen Freeman, 2001
    drafting pen and ink
    28.5 x 21 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Craig Hill (basset clarinet), Stephen Freeman (violin), Nicole Forsyth (viola), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, 2001
    pen
    21 x 28 cm
  • Tommie Andersson (theorbo), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Farewell Concert, ABC Hall, 2001
    pen
    21 x 28 cm
  • Peretta Anggerek (countertenor), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Farewell Concert, ABC Hall, 2001
    pen
    21 x 28 cm
  • Stephen Freeman (violin), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Farewell Concert, ABC Hall, 2001
    pen
    21 x 28 cm
  • Stephen Freeman - Baroque Violin, 2000
    pastel
    26 x 42 cm
  • Genevieve Lacey - Recorder Player, 2000
    pen
    15 x 20 cm
  • Eric Hoeprich (clarinet), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, 2000
    pen
    14 x 20 cm
  • Storytime for Grandchildren, 1998
    drafting pen
    19 x 24 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Jordi Savall at Martigny, 1998
    pen
    19 x 24 cm
  • Columbia University Medical Center Cafeteria, New York, 1998
    pen
    19 x 24 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Food Court, Leichhardt MarketPlace, 1997
    pen
    14 x 21 cm
  • Aunty Dossie, Pog, in Nursing Home, 1996
    pen
    14.5 x 21 cm
  • Dug Talking, 1996
    pen
    21 x 14 cm
  • The Invalid / Brian Sick, 1988
    pen
    51 x 38 cm
    (exhibited 5th International Biennial Exhibition of Portrait-Drawing and Graphics, Tuzla, 1988)
  • Ustad Amjad Ali Kahn Playing Sarod, 1988
    pen
    14 x 21.5 cm
  • Cynthia O'Brien (violin) and Ruth Wilkinson (cello), Capella Corelli, 1988
    pen
    14 x 21.5 cm
  • Ruth Wilkinson Playing Recorder, Capella Corelli, 1988
    pen
    21.5 x 14 cm
  • Growth Spiral (pastel), 1986
    pastel
    61 x 52 cm
  • Sketch: Mother and Baby on Bus, 1985
    pen
    18 x 24.5 cm
  • Resident's Meeting, Annandale, 1985
    pen and spittle wash
    18 x 26 cm
  • Practising Hockey, Viaduct at Federal Park / Federal Park, 1985
    pen and wash
    38 x 51 cm
  • Woman on a Park Bench / Observatory Hill, 1985
    pen and wash
    18 x 26 cm
  • Traffic Control Man, Kent Street / Kent St, 1985
    pen, brown ink and spittle
    42 x 59 cm
  • The Ghost of Kabbarli, Daisy Bates (drawing), 1983
    conté
    54.5 x 75 cm
  • The Stroke / The Life and Death of St. Francis of Australia, 1983
    graphite
    50 x 33 cm
  • The Last Breath, Aunty Dot, 1982
    graphite
    57 x 76 cm
  • Women Waiting, 1981
    pencil
    38 x 56 cm
  • Parents at a School Concert, 1981
    pen
    27 x 37 cm
    (published in Draw Like Da Vinci, 2006)
  • Stephen practising Violin (bridge in view), 1980
    pen
    36 x 48 cm
  • Stephen in Dressing Gown, Watching TV, 1980
    pen
    37 x 53 cm
  • Anton Wernig with his new Coffee-machine Toy, Munich, 1980
    pen
    27 x 37 cm
  • Sydney County Council (SCC) Workmen Resting in Hudson St, Annandale, 1980
    pen
    27 x 37 cm
  • Chinese Girl Seated, 1980
    pen
    17 x 23 cm
  • Chinese Toddler, 1980
    pen and spittle wash
    17 x 23 cm
  • Homework, Brian Helping Stephen, 1979
    pen
    37 x 27 cm
    (exhibited Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 1981)
  • Chatting Commuters, Munich, 1979
    pen
    24 x 18 cm
  • Women in Gaststätte, Munich, 1979
    pen
    24 x 32 cm
  • Woman Knitting, 1979
    pen
    24 x 18 cm
  • Woman in Bavarian Hat, 1979
    pencil
    24 x 32 cm
  • Man in Beret, Munich, 1979
    pen
    24 x 18 cm
  • Woman and Boy, Munich, 1979
    pen
    24 x 18 cm

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