Susan Dorothea White b. 1941

Also known as Susan D White, Susan White, Sue White
  • Artist (Carver),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Although she was born in Adelaide, Susan Dorothea White was influenced by her childhood in Broken Hill in far western NSW. After initially studying at the South Australian School of Art, she studied at the Julian Ashton art school under Henry Gibbons. She has exhibited widely throughout Australia as well as New York, Germany and Amsterdam.
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Susan Dorothea White was born in Adelaide in 1941 but spent her childhood in Broken Hill where her family, especially her grandfather who was an amateur watercolorist, encouraged her to make art. When at boarding school in Adelaide she was able to take Saturday morning art classes with the Surrealist painter, James Cant. After leaving school in 1958 she enrolled in the South Australian School of Art where her teachers included Cant, Dora Chapman and Jacqueline Hick.
Her interest in classical drawing meant that in mid 1960 she moved to Sydney to enrol in the Julian Ashton Art School where she was taught drawing by Henry Gibbons. She also undertook extra classes in sculpture with Lyndon Dadswell at the National Art School.

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2009
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