"Drawing is the foundation of my art -my sketchbook is always at hand" ~ Susan Dorothea White
Drawings:
"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."
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Studio moth 1994
drafting pen, black ink and watercolour
8.9 x 11.2 cm
D-1994 -
River Vecht, Weesp 1991
drafting pen, black ink and watercolour
24.0 x 31.4 cm
D-1991 -
Blue gum by our living room II 1990
watercolour and drafting pen, black ink
50.8 x 38.0 cm
D-1990 -
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Scarf Patterns (colour notes) 1988
pencil and watercolour
14.2 x 18.0 cm
D-1989 -
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Mad Man in Drag on Tram in Amsterdam 1988
drafting pen, black ink and watercolour
14.2 x 18.0 cm
D-1989 -
View from kitchen window, Brancato's wall being built 1988
drafting pen, black ink and watercolour
38.0 x 51.0 cm
D-1988 -
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Cement mixer 1988
drafting pen and watercolour wash
13.2 x 21.6 cm
D-1988 -
Silver wattle study 6 1985
drafting pen, green ink and watercolour
36.8 x 53.3 cm
D-1985 -
Silver wattle study 5 1985
drafting pen, green ink and watercolour
36.8 x 53.3 cm
D-1985 -
Mulberries 1983
drafting pen, brown ink and watercolour
27.1 x 36.4 cm
W-1983 -
Our lemon-scented gum, peeling bark 1983
drafting pen and watercolour
49.3 x 37.3 cm
D-1983 -
Sketch for young gum and old Ford 1983
pencil and watercolour
24.6 x 26.3 cm
D-1982 -
Frangipani flower stalk 1982
pencil, watercolour
37.3 x 49.3 cm
D-1982 -
U-Bahn workers 1979
black ballpoint pen, watercolour
21.0 x 8.3-9.7 (irreg.) cm
D-1979 -
Colour doodle, Johnston St. railway bridge 1978
(verso, note 'The Mechanic')
watercolour, pencil
29.7 x 41.2 cm
D-1978 -
Flooded Mongarlowe River, Easter 4 1978
drafting pen, brown ink, watercolour
27.5 x 35.5 cm
D-1978 -
Houses in Johnston St., Annandale 1977
drafting pen, brown ink and watercolour
27.1 x 36.5 cm
D-1977 -
Council Flats, Lilyfield 1977
drafting pen, brown ink and watercolour
17.9 x 24.0 cm
D-1977 -
Spraying weeds, LMC, Trafalgar Lane 1976
(Leichhardt Municipal Council, Annandale)
black ballpoint pen, watercolour
32.7 x 20.0 cm
D-1976 -
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Broadway (woman waiting) 1976
black ballpoint pen, watercolour
32.7 x 20.0 cm
D-1976 -
Fruit shop Parramatta Rd, next to Flemings 1976
pencil and watercolour
24.7 x 26.7 cm
D-1976 -
The Empty Armchair 1975
drafting pen, brown ink and watercolour
24.5 x 26.3 cm
D-1975 -
Composition notes, Michaela long hair, Arte Catalan, etc. 1974
pencil and black and blue ballpoint pen
14.9 x 20.1 cm
D-1974 -
Broken fences, roofs, notes 1974
black ballpoint pen
14.9 x 20.1 cm
D-1974 -
Leichhardt horizon from 278 Annandale St. 1974
black ballpoint pen
14.9 x 20.1 cm
D-1974 -
Glebe from Annandale 1973
black felt-tip pen and wash
17.7 x 24.7 cm
D-1973 -
Power poles, Annandale 1973
black felt-tip pen and wash
24.7 x 17.7 cm
D-1973 -
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House, corner Rose and Nelson Sts. 2 (roof) 1973
blue ballpoint pen
25.2 x 20.3 cm
D-1973 -
House, corner Rose and Nelson Sts. 1 1973
blue ballpoint pen and watercolour
25.2 x 20.3 cm
D-1973 -
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Johnston St studio, veranda roof (over footpath) 2 1972
black ballpoint pen
12.7 x 18.7 cm
D-1972
Drawings :
watercolour, pen or pencil
30 Works
Drawings :
watercolour, pen or pencil
30 Works