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."

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People
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1549 Works to view Page 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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.
  • Spaghetti legs 1983
    pencil
    14.8 x 20.3 cm
    D-1983
  • Storm in a tea-cup, To cut both ways 1983
    (study for A Storm in a Tea-cup, lithograph)
    pencil
    14.8 x 20.3 cm
    D-1983
  • A storm in a tea-cup (with violin) 1983
    (study for A Storm in a Tea-cup, lithograph)
    pencil
    14.8 x 20.3 cm
    D-1983
  • Silvereye and gum blossom 2 1983
    (study for Harpsichord keywell)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14.8 x 20.3 cm
    D-1983
  • Contestant, Sydney Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition 1983
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14.7 x 20.1 cm
    D-1983
  • Barbecue (Royal National Park, figures, 4) 1983
    drafting pen, brown ink
    20.1 x 14.7 cm
    D-1983
  • National Park (figures, 1) 1983
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14.7 x 20.1 cm
    D-1983
  • Colleen and children (Paddy and Brydie) 1983
    (study for The Incurable Romantic)
    red conté
    37.5 x 26.8 cm
    D-1983
  • Colleen Burke (poet, 5, writing, hand and pen) 1983
    (study for The Incurable Romantic)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    26.8 x 37.5 cm
    D-1983
  • Colleen Burke (poet, 4) 1983
    (study for The Incurable Romantic)
    red conté
    26.8 x 37.5 cm
    D-1983
  • Colleen Burke (poet, 3) 1983
    (study for The Incurable Romantic)
    red conté
    37.5 x 26.8 cm
    D-1983
  • Colleen Burke (poet, 2) 1983
    (study for The Incurable Romantic)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    26.8 x 37.5 cm
    D-1983
  • Colleen Burke (poet, 1) 1983
    (study for The Incurable Romantic)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    37.5 x 26.8 cm
    D-1983
  • Three women and dog, Wilcannia 1983
    red conté
    24.6 x 36.3 cm
    D-1983
  • Boys catching carp in the Darling River, Wilcannia 1983
    red conté
    24.6 x 36.3 cm
    D-1983
  • Darling River, Wilcannia (on the Aboriginal side) 1983
    red conté
    24.6 x 36.3 cm
    D-1983
  • The Ghost of Kabbarli, Daisy Bates (drawing) 1983
    conte
    54.5 x 75.0 cm
    D-1983
  • The Stroke / The Life and Death of St. Francis of Australia 1983
    graphite
    50 x 33 cm
    D-1983
  • The Last Breath, Aunty Dot [12 August 1981] 1982
    graphite
    57.0 x 76.0 cm
    D-1982-1
  • Flood St Tile Wholesalers (workman in check shirt) 1983
    pencil and watercolour
    24.6 x 36.3 cm
    D-1982
  • Sketch for young gum and old Ford 1983
    pencil and watercolour
    24.6 x 36.3 cm
    D-1982
  • Thelma's people up the mallee, Wilcannia, Feb, 1983 1983
    ballpoint pen, blue
    24.6 x 36.3 cm
    D-1982
  • Paul 1982
    (study for Self-Portrait with Children, painting)
    pencil
    49.2 x 37.2 cm
    D-1982
  • Me (drawing) 1982
    (study for Self-Portrait with Children, painting)
    pencil
    49.2 x 37.2 cm
    D-1982
  • Michaela (hand on chin) 1982
    pencil
    49.2 x 37.2 cm
    D-1982
  • Michaela (glancing left) 1982
    pencil
    37.2 x 49.2 cm
    D-1982
  • 280 Annandale St (backs of houses, looking north) 1982
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    37.2 x 49.2 cm
    D-1982
  • Next-door, Annandale St (view from kitchen window) 1982
    drafting pen, brown ink
    37.2 x 49.2 cm
    D-1982
  • Kangaroo Island, Xmas '82 (weathered branch) 1982
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    24.6 x 36.3 cm
    D-1982
  • Paul, Kangaroo Island (baiting fishing hook) 1982
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.6 x 36.3 cm
    D-1982
  • 280 Annandale St (windows) 1982
    pencil
    24.5 x 26.4 cm
    D-1982
  • Octopus '8 Women artists' invitation design (diagonal with date) 1982
    pencil
    24.5 x 26.4 cm
    D-1982
  • Octopus '8 Women artists' invitation design (horizontal) 1982
    pencil
    24.5 x 26.4 cm
    D-1982
  • Octopus '8 Women artists' invitation design (diagonal) 1982
    pencil
    24.5 x 26.4 cm
    D-1982
  • Octopus, two studies 1982
    pencil
    24.5 x 26.4 cm
    D-1982
  • Central (Station, Sydney) 1982
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.5 x 26.4 cm
    D-1982
  • Last Breath Aunty Dot 1981
    (study for The Last Breath, Aunty Dot, drawing)
    pencil
    18 x 24 cm
    D-1981
  • Stephen (supporting head on hand) 1981
    drafting pen, brown ink
    23.9 x 18.1 cm
    D-1981
  • Tired Stephen Eating 1981
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    23.9 x 18.1 cm
    D-1981
  • Hall Greenland (Labor Party meeting, Annandale Branch) 1981
    pencil
    23.9 x 18.1 cm
    D-1981
  • Hugh Mason (and two men, Labor Party meeting) 1981
    pencil
    18.1 x 23.9 cm
    D-1981
  • Labor Party Meeting (couple, Annandale Branch) 1981
    ballpoint pen, black
    18.1 x 23.9 cm
    D-1981
  • Parents at a school concert 1981
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 37 cm
    D-1981
  • Women Waiting 1981
    graphite on Arches 300gsm paper
    38.0 x 56.4 cm
    D-1981
  • School shoe and sock - Michaela 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    36.3 x 27.0 cm
    D-1980
  • Michaela (glancing) 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1980
  • Self-portrait (with cat's paw prints) 1980
    pencil
    36.3 x 27.0 cm
    D-1980
  • Stephen Reading (back view) 1980
    pencil
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1980
  • Jan Morrison 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1980
  • Michaela (practising violinrofile) 1980
    drafting pen, black ink
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1980
  • Booth St bus-stop 1980
    drafting pen, black ink
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1980
  • Albert and Lizzy Moran watching TV, no. 2 1980
    pencil
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1980
  • Stephen Eating (pulling tough chop off fork) 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1980
  • Stephen with new transistor 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    36.3 x 27.0 cm
    D-1980
  • Paul (head study) 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1980
  • Paul and Brian discussing poetry 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1980
  • Paul concentrating 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    36.3 x 27.0 cm
    D-1980
  • Michaela studying 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    36.3 x 27.0 cm
    D-1980
  • Woman in scarf and man on bus 1980
    red conté
    24.6 x 26.3 cm
    D-1980
  • Rear vision mirror on bus 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.6 x 26.3 cm
    D-1980
  • Squiggles 1980
    red conté
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1980
  • Turkish woman Berlin (train to Kreutzberg) 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1980
  • Workman, Elsner Druck 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1980
  • Workman in overalls, Elsner Druck, Berlin 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1980
  • Frau Orwart Berlin (the optomist) 1980
    pencil (smudged)
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1980
  • Ulla Mitzdorf (looking down) 1980
    pencil
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1980
  • Ulla Mitzdorf (with cigarette) 1980
    pencil
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1980
  • Burkhardt, printing Factory, Berlin 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.4 cm
    D-1980
  • Berlin to Hamburg (woman on train) 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.4 cm
    D-1980
  • Man on roof nailing board under corrugated iron 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.7 cm
    D-1980
  • Power Cables of Australia spool 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.7 cm
    D-1980
  • Michaela 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    36.7 x 27.0 cm
    D-1980
  • Council roadworkers 4, shovelling 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.7 cm
    D-1980
  • Sydney County Council truck and workers 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.7 cm
    D-1980
  • Baby, Singapore Gourmet 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1980
  • Chinese Toddler 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1980
  • Chinese Girl Seated 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1980
  • Sydney County Council (SCC) Workmen Resting in Hudson St, Annandale 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.7 cm
    D-1980
  • Anton Wernig with his new Coffee-machine Toy, Munich 1980
    aka Doktor Frosch (Anton Wernig) mit seinem neu Kaffee Spielzeug
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.8 cm
    D-1980
  • Couple on Sydney bus 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1979
  • Outline (man's face) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    18.1 x 24.0 cm
    D-1979
  • Lawn daisy, Munich 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    18.1 x 24.0 cm
    D-1979
  • Hand with bent fingers; figure 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.0 x 18.1 cm
    D-1979
  • Stephen (asleep, cupping chin) 1979
    (study for Dreaming of Bavaria)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Squiggles (asleep) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1979
  • John Dengate (conversing with glass) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    36.3 x 27.0 cm
    D-1979
  • John Dengate (holding glass) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1979
  • John Dengate (playing guitar, looking up) 1979
    (study for John Dengate, Singer and Songwriter, watercolour)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Mother (three-quarter view) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Dad (reading, left profile) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Mum (wearing spectacles) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27.0 x 36.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Paul playing cello (three-quarter back view) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    36.3 x 27.0 cm
    D-1979
  • Paul playing cello (three-quarter right) 1979
    (study for Dreaming of Bavaria)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    36.3 x 27.0 cm
    D-1979
  • Paul playing cello (three-quarter left) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    36.3 x 27.0 cm
    D-1979
  • Fisherman (on stool, rod in lap) 1979
    (study for The Fisherman's Dream, lithograph)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1979
  • Fisherman (back view, river) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1979
  • Brooklyn (fisherman, 2 back views) 1979
    (study for The Fisherman's Dream, lithograph)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1979
  • Elly and Jurgen 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.6 x 26.3 cm
    D-1979
  • John Dengate (strumming guitar) 1979
    (study for John Dengate, Singer and Songwriter, watercolour)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.6 x 26.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Stephen sleeping 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.6 x 26.3 cm
    D-1979
  • John Dengate, smiling 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.6 x 26.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Stephen in cub uniform 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    26.3 x 24.6 cm
    D-1979
  • Grandmother at a school concert 1979
    (study for Parents at a School Concert, drawing)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.6 x 26.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Parents at a school concert, Munich 1979
    (study for Parents at a School Concert, drawing)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    26.3 x 24.6 cm
    D-1979
  • Music camp concert (audience) 1979
    (study for Parents at a School Concert, drawing)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.6 x 26.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Squiggles 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.6 x 26.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Bryn Burris 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.6 x 26.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Homework, Eberwurtzstr., Munich 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24.6 x 26.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Hand study with bottle 1979
    (study for American GI, watercolour)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    31.8 x 24 cm
    D-1979
  • American GI on leave (on train, signed 'Charles' by subject) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24 x 31.8 cm
    D-1979
  • American GI on Leave (on train, three-quarter view) 1979
    (study for American GI, watercolour)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24 x 31.8 cm
    D-1979
  • American GI on Leave in Germany (on train, two heads) 1979
    (study for American GI, watercolour)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24 x 31.8 cm
    D-1979
  • The train to Rothenburg (nun and hand studies) 1979
    (study for The Nun and the Knight on the Train to Rothenburg, painting)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24 x 31.8 cm
    D-1979
  • Man reading, two profiles, train to Rothenburg 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24 x 31.8 cm
    D-1979
  • Man and woman's arm 1979
    (study for The Nun and The Knight on the Train to Rothenburg, painting)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    24 x 31.8 cm
    D-1979
  • Regensburg, Michaela in middle 1979
    (pub with men in background)
    pencil
    24 x 32 cm
    D-1979
  • Street workers, sweepers, Eberwurtzstr., Munich 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    32 x 24 cm
    D-1979
  • Patrick (Keil, head forward) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1979
  • Patrick (Keil, wide-eyed) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    23.5 x 17.0 cm
    D-1979
  • Florian Keil with beach bucket 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    23.5 x 17.0 cm
    D-1979
  • Plane to Sydney (child asleep in mother's arms) 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1979
  • Munich bus 1979
    (study for Munich Shoppers)
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1979
  • Munich bus, heads, backview 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1979
  • Sergiu Celibidache, hand gestures and head 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    23.5 x 17.0 cm
    D-1979
  • Sergiu Celibidache, standing and head 1979
    drafting pen, brown ink
    23.5 x 17.0 cm
    D-1979

Drawings : People 1549 Works Page 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Drawings : People 1549 Works Page 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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