“Susan Dorothea White ... explores the most intimate experiences of her life, as well as more topical subjects, in meticulously limned acrylic paintings on wood panels”
Gallery & Studio (New York)

PAINTINGS  –  ACRYLICS, OILS, WATERCOLOURS   (selection 1957– )


ACRYLICS, OILS   ||   WATERCOLOURS  

The First Supper by Susan Dorothea White, acrylic painting on panel, 1988 after The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
The First Supper

"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."

"The artist has developed a technique using multiple washes of acrylic paint on plywood panels 'with the grain showing through her translucent glazes.' The artist also paints in watercolour, favouring it for spontaneous work. Major paintings are developed through preliminary watercolour compositions and from numerous drawings and pen sketches."

Extracts from Gallery & Studio, New York (1998) (read more...)

ACRYLICS, including collage, and OILS

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Go Granny Go, acrylic symbolic self-portrait painting on wood panel of the cycle of life and overcoming disability by artist Susan Dorothea White
Go Granny Go
acrylic on panel
The Histology Lecture, acrylic portrait painting on wood panel of a teacher Dr Brian Freeman, anatomist, by artist Susan Dorothea White
The Histology Lecture
acrylic on panel
Freudian Early Morning, acrylic symbolic painting on wood panel by artist Susan Dorothea White, about the cult in Freudian psychology of interpreting shapes as sex symbols such as the phallic early morning erection, yawning, fireplaces, etc.
Freudian Early Morning
acrylic on panel
Me After Brain Surgery, self-portrait acrylic painting on wood panel about brain surgery by artist Susan Dorothea White
Me after Brain Surgery
acrylic on panel
The Crowning with Sexism, acrylic portrait painting on wood panel by artist Susan Dorothea White, 'combines iconographic images of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio with a composition borrowed from Hieronymus Bosch', after his iconic painting the Crowning w
The Crowning with Sexism
acrylic on panel
To Cut Both Ways, symbolic acrylic painting on wood panel based on the idiom concerning equal and opposing influences by artist Susan Dorothea White
To Cut Both Ways
acrylic on panel
The Inspired Lecturer, acrylic portrait painting on wood panel of an inspired teacher Dr Brian Freeman, anatomist, by artist Susan Dorothea White
The Inspired Lecturer
acrylic on panel
The Seven Deadly Isms, symbolic acrylic painting about dogmatism, racism, materialism, vandalism, fascism, sexism, indifferentism on a wooden table by artist Susan Dorothea White, after composition Seven Deadly Sins by Hieronymus Bosch
The Seven Deadly Isms
acrylic on table
Detail of Sexism from The Seven Deadly Isms, symbolic acrylic painting about dogmatism, racism, materialism, vandalism, fascism, sexism, indifferentism on a wooden table by artist Susan Dorothea White, after composition Seven Deadly Sins by Hieronymus Bos
Sexism from The Seven Deadly Isms
acrylic on table (detail)
The Man in Drag, the Violinist, the Artist, and the Thief on a Tram in Amsterdam, cityscape portrait acrylic painting on wood panel of a man dressed in drag, a violinist, an artist, and a thief on a tram in Amsterdam by artist Susan Dorothea White
The Man in Drag...
acrylic on panel
Dad in Hospital, acrylic portrait painting on wood panel by artist Susan Dorothea White of her father, an insulin diabetic
Dad in Hospital
acrylic on panel
The First Supper, acrylic painting on panel by artist Susan Dorothea White, an icon of feminist art after The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
The First Supper
acrylic on panel
detail of The First Supper, acrylic painting on panel by artist Susan Dorothea White, an icon of feminist art after The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
The First Supper
(detail) acrylic painting
Self-Portrait with Children, portrait acrylic painting on wood panel of mother with her teenage children by artist Susan Dorothea White
Self-Portrait with Children
acrylic on panel
acrylic landscape painting on harpsichord lid with a portrait of a youth (Stephen Freeman) climbing a blue-gum, with Coal and Candle Creek, Ku-ring-gai Chase, in background, by artist Susan Dorothea White
Stephen Climbing Our Blue-gum...
acrylic (harpsichord lid)
Noah's Rocket, acrylic symbolic painting on wood panel of a modern Noah as a Salvation Army captain and his rocket by artist Susan Dorothea White
Noah's Rocket
acrylic on panel
Seated, portrait acrylic painting with collage on panel of the artist at her studio table by Susan Dorothea White
Seated
acrylic & collage on panel & collage
Month in Time, acrylic painting on wood panel about a month in the life of a family by artist Susan Dorothea White
A Month in Time
acrylic on panel
Autobiography, self-portrait autobiographical acrylic painting on wood panel by artist Susan Dorothea White
Autobiography
acrylic on panel
Dreaming of Bavaria, portrait and landscape acrylic painting on wood panel of the family living in Bavaria by artist Susan Dorothea White
Dreaming of Bavaria
acrylic on panel
Brahms String Sextet No. 1, acrylic portrait painting on wood panel of children playing violin and cello with Johannes Brahms by artist Susan Dorothea White
Brahms String Sextet No. 1
acrylic on panel
The Front Veranda, symbolic acrylic painting on wood panel about old age and youth by artist Susan Dorothea White
The Front Veranda
acrylic on panel
The Magic Pudding, acrylic portrait painting on wood panel by artist Susan Dorothea White, of a young boy reading the famous story by Norman Lindsay
The Magic Pudding
acrylic on panel
Susan Dorothea White's cityscape acrylic painting on wood panel about children playing yo-yo in an urban environment
Yo-yoing
acrylic on panel
Damien White - Author, portrait acrylic painting on wood panel of Robert Damien White, author, who became known as Dr Bob White, by artist Susan Dorothea White
Damien White - Author
acrylic on panel & collage
Evening: Factory Valley (Annandale) - cityscape acrylic painting on wood panel of family life in the evening in an inner city valley with factories by artist Susan Dorothea White
Evening: Factory Valley
acrylic on panel
The Cup of Tea, portrait of the aunt and uncle of the artist at home, acrylic painting on wood panel by Susan Dorothea White
The Cup of Tea
acrylic on panel
People of Sydney - Susan Dorothea White's cityscape acrylic painting on wood panel about about people living and working in an urban environment
People of Sydney
acrylic on panel
Eric's Cafe - Resale Royalty: Susan Dorothea White's cityscape acrylic painting with collage on wood panel about artists' resale royalty rights in the setting of a suburban cafe
Eric's Cafe – Resale Royalty Rights
acrylic & collage on panel
Turning and Turning, landscape acrylic painting of gum-trees in a Sydney bush scene on wood panel by artist Susan Dorothea White
Turning and Turning
acrylic on panel
Mount Banks, Blue Mountains, acrylic landscape painting on composition board of Mount Banks in the Blue Mountains near Sydney by artist Susan Dorothea White
Mount Banks
acrylic on panel
Cul-de-sac, cityscape acrylic painting on composition board of a poor fmaily in winter in a dead-end lane in an urban environment by artist Susan Dorothea White
Cul-de-sac
acrylic
Awaiting, Glebe, cityscape acrylic painting on composition board showing an elderly couple in an urban environment of inner Sydney by artist Susan Dorothea White
Awaiting, Glebe
acrylic on board
Uncle Ted Stirring Tea, portrait acrylic painting on composition board of the artist's uncle stirring his tea by Susan Dorothea White
Uncle Ted Stirring Tea
acrylic on board
Running in Sand, landscape acrylic painting  on composition board of children running in sandy river-bed by artist Susan Dorothea White
Running in Sand
acrylic on composition board
Silent River, Lane Cove, landscape acrylic painting on composition board of the silence by a river in Lane Cove National Park, Sydney by artist Susan Dorothea White
Silent River: Lane Cove
acrylic on composition board
City Skyline, cityscape oil painting on composition board of Sydney in 1963 at sunset by artist Susan Dorothea White
City Skyline
1963, oil

WATERCOLOURS

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Anatomy of a Smile: Mona's Bones, portrait gouache and watercolour watercolor of Mona Lisa's skull bones in a study of the anatomy of a smile by artist Susan Dorothea White
Anatomy of a Smile: Mona's Bones
watercolour, gouache
Mona Masticating, portrait gouache and watercolour watercolor of Mona Lisa Masticating, eating an apple using her temperomandibular joint by artist Susan Dorothea White
Mona Masticating
watercolour, gouache
Paul Dreaming, portrait watercolour watercolor of a young man asleep dreaming by artist Susan Dorothea White
Paul Dreaming
watercolour
'Flu, watercolour (watercolor) portrait painting of a man sick with influenza by artist Susan Dorothea White
'Flu
watercolour
Ash Wednesday (16 Feb 1983), landscape watercolour (watercolor) painting and collage of a bushfire by artist Susan Dorothea White
Ash Wednesday Bushfire
watercolour & collage
Stephen, portrait watercolour (watercolor) of a young boy by artist Susan Dorothea White
Stephen
watercolour
The Berlin Wall, cityscape watercolour (watercolor) painting by artist Susan Dorothea White
The Berlin Wall
watercolour
At Home, Annandale, cityscape watercolour painting about life at home in Annandale by artist Susan Dorothea White
At Home
watercolour
 Where Children Play, cityscape watercolour (watercolor) painting about children playing in an inner-city environment by artist Susan Dorothea White
Where Children Play
watercolour
Cattai Ridge, landscape watercolour (watercolor) painting of bush scence, north-west of Sydney, by artist Susan Dorothea White
Cattai Ridge
watercolour
Hawkesbury River, landscape watercolour (watercolor) painting by artist Susan Dorothea White
Hawkesbury River
watercolour
Mount Gipps, Broken Hill, landscape watercolour (watercolor) painting by artist Susan Dorothea White
Mount Gipps, Broken Hill
1957, watercolour
Purple Outback Pea-Flower, watercolour watercolor painting of Australian native flower by artist Susan Dorothea White
Purple Outback Pea-Flower
1961, watercolour
Sturt Peas, watercolour watercolor painting of Australian native flower by artist Susan Dorothea White
Sturt Peas
1961, watercolour
watercolour watercolor painting of snowdrops in glass by artist Susan Dorothea White
Snowdrops
1957, watercolour
watercolour watercolor painting of red hibiscus flowers by artist Susan Dorothea White
Red Hibiscus
1957, watercolour
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