"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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Four-year-old Stephen considering 1972
charcoal (glassine)
37.3 x 27.3 cm
D-1972 -
Izzy Wyner, Leichhardt Council Alderman 1972
ballpoint pen, black
18.8 x 15.2 cm
D-1972 -
Nick Origlass, Mayor of Leichhardt Council 'His Worship' 1972
ballpoint pen, black
18.7 x 15.2 cm
D-1972 -
Michaela in Pink Pyjamas 1971 circa
pastel
48.5 x 50 cm
D-1971-c -
Stephen on seat 1971 c.
ballpoint pen, black
14.9 x 10.0 cm
D-1971 -
Stephen in overalls 1971 c.
ballpoint pen, blue
10.0 x 14.9 cm
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Sketch of a Woman in Glebe Point Road 1971 c.
felt-tip pen, black texta on newsprint
14.9 x 10 cm
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Andy (Dudley Anderson) 2 1971
charcoal, white conte highlights
63.5 x 50.8 cm
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Stephen (study) 1971
pencil
40.3 x 31.6 cm
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Paul (three-quarter view, posing patiently) 1971
pencil
40.3 x 31.6 cm
D-1971 -
Sketch for 'Running in Sand' 1971
pencil
31.6 x 40.3 cm
D-1971 -
Paul, head study in pencil 1971
pencil
37.8 x 27.5 cm
D-1971 -
Cascades, National Park 1971
Wattamolla Royal National Park
ballpoint pen, black
27.6 x 37.8 cm
D-1971 -
3-year-old Stephen 1971
pencil
37.9 x 27.5 cm
D-1971 -
Paul at Six, in Yellow Skivvy 1971
pastel
63.0 x 48.0 cm
D-1971 -
Stephen, Alert Toddler 1970 circa
charcoal and white chalk
75.0 x 55.0 cm
D-1970-1-c -
Hereford Street, Glebe 1970 c.
felt-tip pen, black
15.2 x 18.8 cm
D-1968 -
Me with children in playground 1970 c.
felt-tip pen, black
15.2 x 18.8 cm
D-1970 -
Michaela 1970 c.
brush, ink, black and raw sienna
15.2 x 18.8 cm
D-1968 -
Andy and Paul by river 1970 c.
felt-tip pen, black
15.2 x 18.8 cm
D-1970 -
Indoors 1970 c.
felt-tip pen, black
18.8 x 15.2 cm
D-1968 -
Corner Hereford Street and Glebe Point Road 1970
felt-tip pen, black ink and watercolour
15.2 x 18.8 cm
D-1970 -
Stephen, one week old 1968
pencil
27.6 x 37.7 cm
D-1968 -
Observant Michaela 1967 circa
brush and ink
21.5 x 21.5 cm
D-1967-1 -
Baby Paul dreaming 1966 circa
pencil
37.8 x 27.7 cm
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Paul's hand (fragment) 1966 c.
pencil
23 (torn) x 25.7 cm (25.1 cm perf.)
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Small Child Asleep, Michaela in Floral Dress 1966 c.
ballpoint pen, blue
27.8 x 37.9 cm
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Paul (baby looking sideways) 1966
ballpoint pen, blue
41.2 x 26 - 26.5 cm
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Baby Paul seated 3 (back view and leg) 1966
ballpoint pen, black
27.6 x 37.7 cm
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Baby Paul Seated 2 (profile) 1966
ballpoint pen, black
27.6 x 37.7 cm
D-1965 -
Paul, hand to mouth 1966
brush, ink, warm and cool black
37.9 x 27.8 cm
D-1966 -
Baby Paul seated 1 1966
ballpoint pen, black
37.7 x 27.6 cm
D-1966 -
Baby Paul eating banana 1966
brush, raw umber
37.9 x 27.8 cm
D-1966 -
Baby Michaela sleeping 1966
ballpoint pen, blue
27.4 (l) - 27.5 (r) x 37.8 cm
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Study of baby's feet (Paul) 1965 circa
pencil
27.8 x 37.9 cm
D-1965 -
Baby Paul's hands 1965 c.
pencil
37.8 x 27.7 cm
D-1965 -
Paul, pixie hair 1965 c.
pencil
35.4 x 25.4 cm (24.9 cm perf.)
D-1965 -
Baby Michaela holding balloon 1965
nib pen, black ink
22.4 - 22.5 x 16.8 - 17 cm
D-1965 -
Peter the Dutchman 1965
black conte
37.7 x 27.6 cm
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Andy (D. Anderson) 1965
black conte
27.6 x 37.7 cm
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Michaela, three-quarter back view 1965
black conte
27.7 x 37.9 cm
D-1965 -
Michaela, 8-and-a-half months 1965
pencil
22.1 x 19.7 cm
D-1965 -
Baby Michaela, big eyes 1965
pencil
22.1 x 19.7 cm
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Sleeping Child, head turned to right (Paul) 1965
black conte
27.8 x 37.9 cm
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Sleeping Child, foreshortened view (Paul) 1965
black conte
27.8 x 37.9 cm
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Sleeping Baby (Paul) 1965
pencil
27.6 x 37.7 cm
D-1965 -
Wide-eyed Baby, Michaela 1965
black conte
35.6 x 25.7 cm (25.1 cm circ. perf.)
D-1965 -
Andy asleep 1965
black conte
27.8 x 37.9 cm
D-1965 -
Baby Michaela at 8 months 1965
pencil
22 x 20 cm
D-1965 -
Baby Paul sleeping 1965
aka Drawing of Baby Paul
ballpoint pen, blue
25.7 (25.1 cm circ. perf.) x 35.6 cm
D-1965 -
Tree 1964 c.
nib pen, black ink
27.7 x 20.1-20.2 cm
D-1977 -
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Baby Michaela's hand (pointing finger) 1964
brush, ink, warm and cool black
19.7 x 22.1 cm
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Baby Michaela, looking down 1964
pencil
22.1 x 19.7 cm
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Baby Michaela's hand (splayed fingers) 1964
brush, black ink and wash
9.6-10 x 14.9-15.1 cm (irreg.)
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Baby Michaela, heads and hands, few weeks old 1964
pencil
27.7 x 20.1 - 20.2 cm
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Baby Michaela (two heads and hands) 1964
pencil
26.6 - 26.8 x 27.6 cm
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Baby Michaela from above 1964
pencil
27.7 x 23.6 - 23.7 cm
D-1964 -
View from Top Flat, 115A Paddington St. 1963
nib pen, brush, black ink and wash
30.5 - 32 (irreg. top) x 55.5 cm
D-1963 -
Rock at Nielsen Park, Sydney 1962
nib pen, black ink on watercolour paper
37.5-37.7 x 27.4-27.6 (irreg.) cm
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Hollows in Tree (Blue Mountains) 1962
pencil
27.8 - 28.8 (irreg.) x 20.1 cm
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Andy (Dudley Anderson) 1962
pencil
28.6 - 29 (irreg.) x 20.1 cm
D-1962 -
Outback landscape, composition from imagination 1962
nib pen, black ink
20.7 x 29.5 (to crease) - 33.6 cm (irreg.)
D-1962 -
Iron-bark trees, Blue Mountains 1962
crayon
37.8 x 27.8 (t)-28.0 (b) cm
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Brother Bill sleeping 1962
crayon
27.4 x 38.0 cm
D-1962 -
Boy's face; my hand 1962
crayon
27.5 x 37.7 cm
D-1962 -
Tree, Blue Mountains 1962
pencil
37.6 x 27.5 cm
D-1962 -
Mum falling asleep 1962
pencil
37.6 x 27.5 cm
D-1962 -
Bill smiling, looking down 1962
crayon
37.6 x 27.5 cm
D-1962 -
Shimmering bushes, Outback 1962
crayon
27.4 x 37.7 cm
D-1962 -
Bushes in shimmering heat, Outback 1962
crayon
27.4 x 37.7 cm
D-1962 -
Bamboo Shoots in Sand, North Queensland Coast 1962
brush, black ink and wash
37.3 x 27.2 cm (26.5 cm to sq. perf.)
D-1962 -
Glaring Afternoon Sun, Red Hill near Broken Hill 1962
crayon
27.4 x 37.7 cm
D-1962 -
Auntie Marie 1962
crayon
37.3 x 27.4 cm
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Perce (study for painting) 1962
pencil
37.7 x 27.6 (t) - 27.8 (b) cm
D-1962-2 -
Woman posing at Dora Tooveys sketch group 1961
pencil
27.7 x 32.9 (t) - 33.2 (b) cm
D-1961
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