The pink heron

Patrick White's choice, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22 Dec 1981–31 Jan 1982

Brett Whiteley - the genius (1999-2000), Bank Art Museum Moree, Moree, 27 Nov 1999–28 Jan 2000

Blue (2011), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 09 Jul 2011–08 Jul 2012

Whiteley on Water, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, , 17 Nov 2012–27 Jan 2013

Whiteley on the Water, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 02 Nov 2013–23 Jan 2014

Brett Whiteley: Other Places (somewhere else), Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns, 28 Apr 2017–02 Jul 2017

Brett Whiteley: Other Places (somewhere else), Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture, 14 Jul 2017–17 Sep 2017

Brett Whiteley: Other Places (somewhere else), Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah, 29 Sep 2017–03 Dec 2017

Brett Whiteley: Blue and White, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 30 Apr 2022–27 Nov 2022

Brett Whiteley: Chapters 1959–69, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 24 Aug 2023–2024

Helen Hewitt, Voices, 'Patrick White: painter manqué', pg. 61-70, Canberra, Winter 1997, 67-68.

Helen Verity Hewitt, Patrick White, painter, manqué: paintings, painters and their influence on his writing, 'White and the Sydney Art World: 2', pg. 84-93, Carlton, 2002, following 48 (colour illus.), 92, 94, 98, 116, 155.

Sandra McGrath, Brett Whiteley, Kensington, 1979, 96 (colour illus.). NOTE: pg. 94 (illus.) photograph of the interior of the artist's studio shows a similar if not the same work in an incomplete state.

Barry Pearce, Australian Artists, Australian Birds, North Ryde, 1989, 145 (colour illus.). plate no. 126

Eleonora Triguboff (Editor), Art & Australia, Sydney, Summer 2012, 232 (colour illus.). advertisement for the exhibition 'Brett Whiteley: on the water'

Patrick White, Patrick White's Choice, Sydney, Dec 1981. cat.no. 13