Susan Dorothea White Bibliography

NINTH ART SHOW WILL CLOSE TONIGHT
By May Harding

Well it is nearly over—the ninth annual competition for local artists. Only tonight’s session remains to see the show, described by the judge, Mr. L. Roy Davies, as having remarkably high standard and regional characteristics.

Prize winner Kevin (“Pro”) Hart in his “Headframes” captures the industrial aspect of Broken Hill in an original form.

In his “Man Picking Mushrooms” and “The Shooters” he records his reaction to the outback, and there is a typical Hart drawing of a certain game. Samuel Byrne, Broken Hill’s own primitive, having painted his Silver City panorama, is turning to the history of the bullock waggon days and the outback. Another artist developing a distinctive style is J. Yourn.

Many aspects of local subjects are shown in pictures by Joyce Condon, Allen Hasler, Margaret Nejaim, Eileen Lennox, Hugh Schultz, Elizabeth and John Forner, Valerie Humphries, Avis LeMay, Diane Campbell, Les Battle and Audrey Smith.

Vigorous young artist Susan White deservedly won awards for a “talking” likeness of Mrs. Hardy, a fresh and beautiful drawing “Trees” and the Willyama Art Society’s prize for a local subject, “Hilltop Houses”.

Top of his year student at the National Art School, Minas Orfanos, received the Fred Pratt prize for drawing an exquisite study from the antique. He also has a still life in oils and a glowing gouache, “Three Women Picking Flowers”.