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
50 Works to view
50 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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Stephen Climbing Blue-gum, Coal and Candle Creek, Ku-ring-gai Chase, 1984-88acrylic on harpsichord lid (diptych)
78 x 40 cm and 78 x 152 cm (var.)
Private collection, Australia
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Silver-eye Feeding on Flowering Gum, 1984-88acrylic on harpsichord keywell (3 sides)
17 x 13 cm, 13 x 80 cm, 17 x 13 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Harpsichord: Paintings and Carved Rose , 1984-88Flemish single-manual harpsichord built by Stephen Freeman - paintings and carved rose by Susan Dorothea White
Private collection, Australia
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Turning and Turning / After Bushfire, 1977acrylic on panel
124 x 122 cm
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Abercrombie River, Upper Reaches, 1975acrylic on panel
81 x 121 cm
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Native Pines, Warrumba Range, Central NSW, 1974acrylic on composition board
58 x 214 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Nootambulla Gorge, Mutawintji (Mootwingee), 1972-73acrylic on composition board
76 x 122 cm
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Mount Banks, Blue Mountains, 1972-73acrylic on composition board
81 x 81 cm
Private collection
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Drought: Oxford Falls, Middle Creek / Escarp, 1972-73acrylic on composition board
122 x 178 cm
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Shadow, 1972acrylic on composition board
84 x 122 cm
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Ravine at Marramarra, NSW, 1972acrylic on composition board
85 x 122 cm
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Running in Sand, 1971acrylic on composition board
ca. 78 x 120 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Silent River, Lane Cove, 1971acrylic on composition board
67 x 120 cm
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Boulders / Rock Composition, 1971oil on composition board
61 x 91 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Moving Trees, 1971oil on composition board
86 x 183 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Summer Grass, 1971acrylic on composition board
60 x 91 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Estuary in Ochre, 1970oil on composition board
90 x 121 cm
Private collection, UK
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Escarp, 1969acrylic on composition board
91 x 122 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Lane Cove River, Winter Light, 1968oil on composition board
92 x 61 cm
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Sunlit Trees, Lane Cove, 1968oil on composition board
90 x 76 cm
Private collection, Australia
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East Coast Landscape, after Bushfire, 1967 (circa)oil on composition board
90 x 121 cm
Private collection, UK
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Collecting River Stones, 1966acrylic on composition board
66 x 98 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Outcrop, 1965oil on composition board
122 x 183 cm
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Bush Flagstones, 1965oil on composition board
109 x 91 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Paddington Street by Night / Moonlight, 1963oil on composition board
122 x 183 cm
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City Skyline, 1963oil on composition board
22 x 61 cm
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Desert Sunset, Line of Lode, Broken Hill / Evening Sky, 1962oil on composition board
42 x 62 cm
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Inland Wilderness / Singing Silence, 1962oil on composition board
59 x 129 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Sleaford Mere, Port Lincoln, 1962oil on composition board
40 x 61 cm
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Dry Creek Bed, Broken Hill, 1961oil on composition board
43 x 53 cm
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Hot Day, Ocean Pool, Fishery Bay, Port Lincoln, 1961oil on composition board
48 x 61 cm
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Beach Scrub, Port Lincoln / Pigface, 1961oil on composition board
45.5 x 61 cm
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Wide Waterway, Outback Creek, 1961oil on composition board
55 x 90 cm
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Sunset: Salt Creek, Tumby Bay, South Australia, 1961oil on composition board
41 x 58 cm
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Market Gardeners, Approaching Storm, Two Wells, Adelaide Plains, 1960oil on composition board
42 x 50.5 cm
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The Pinnacles, Broken Hill, 1960oil on composition board
ca. 90 x 120 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Still Life at Julian Ashton Art School, 1960oil on canvas board
56.5 x 43 cm
Private collection, UK
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Stirling Vale Creek, 1960oil on composition board
58 x 90 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Stirling Vale Creek, Drought, 1960oil on composition board
58 x 90 cm
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Summit Rock, Hazy Light, 1959oil on canvas-board
50 x 60.5 cm
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Sunlight on Quartz Rocks, Approaching Storm, 1959oil 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)
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Tree by Dry Creek Bed, 1959oil on canvas board
37.7 x 45.3 cm
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Rocky Ridge, Scrub and Dry Grass, Overcast Afternoon, 1959oil on composition board
45.5 x 61 cm
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Saltbush and Creekbed, 1958oil on composition board
ca. 90 x 120 cm
Private collection, Australia
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The Creek Bed / Outback Erosion, 1958oil on canvas board
35 x 30 cm
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Mine Shaft, Northern Outskirts, Broken Hill, 1958oil on canvas board
38 x 50.5 cm
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The Creek Gum (Umberumberka Creek), 1958oil on canvas board
51 x 38 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Brown Creek Gum and Saltbush, 1958oil on canvas board
60.5 x 50 cm
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Nine Mile Creek (tributary of Stephens Creek, Broken Hill), 1957oil on canvas board
35 x 30 cm
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View of the Simpson's from Ivymeade: Gum and Horse , 1957oil on canvas paper
22.5 x 18.5 cm
PAINTINGS :
Scenes
50 Works to view
PAINTINGS :
Scenes
50 Works to view