Sheila White
Sheila White's vibrant and sensitive work has
been hung in the Wynne Prize Exhibition, twice in the
Portia Geach Prize Exhibition, and twice in the touring
Blake Prize Exhibition. She has received over sixty
awards and commendations, including a first prize
judged by Lloyd Rees.
Sheila
was born in the U.K and moved to East Africa in the early 50’s.
Living in Uganda and then Kenya, she was an avid naturalist with
interests in the abundant wildlife and bird life. The influence
of the many vibrant and colourful coastal cultures, and the form
and elegance of recent and ancient Arab settlements are all
reflected in her paintings.
In 1967
she moved to Sydney after a short stay in the U.K. While
occasionally involved in various artistic pursuits during her
years in Africa, she commenced painting seriously in Sydney in
1969, at the John Ogburn Studio. Later she attended classes at
the Royal Art Society of N.S.W. with Alan Hansen and Frederic
Bates, and is now a Fellow of that Society.
Over the
last twenty or so years, Sheila has lived in the Southern
Highlands of NSW, Sydney, and the Central Coast Hinterland,
taking part in local Art Groups and activities, and conducting
workshops at the Royal Art Society.
Since
her first stay in Sydney she has studied modern painting with
Ross Davis, Bela Ivanyi, the late Henry Justelius, and
Desiderious Orban.
Sheila
enjoys painting with strong colour and light influence. Her
interests still include bird watching and wildlife, the natural
environment, music, and travel. All these influences are strongly
present in her current figurative and abstract works in oil,
watercolour, and pastel.
Sheila
has made two study tours of European Art Galleries including the
Hermitage in St Petersburg and other Russian Galleries. She
recently returned from a study tour of major U.K Galleries,
including the new Tate at St. Ives, and many commercial galleries
showing International and British contemporary work.
Sheila
White's paintings are in municipal, corporate and private
collections in Germany, Japan, Kenya, Thailand, UK, Zimbabwe,
Hong Kong, Sweden, Switzerland, USA and Australia
She
has held workshops at the Royal Art Society and with other
art groups that are particularly interested in creative and
imaginative work
Solo Exhibitions
1978 Hamilton Gallery, Victoria
1984 Beechworth Gallery, Victoria
"Q" Gallery, Hunters Hill
1994 Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
1996 Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
2000 Polly Courtin Gallery (Now
Harris Courtin Gallery), Sydney
2001 Harris Courtin Gallery, Sydney
2003
Harris Courtin Gallery, Sydney
2005
Harris Courtin Gallery, Sydney
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