[4] She attended the National Gallery of Victoria Art School where she was taught by Lindsay Bernard Hall.
[5] Sutherland wrote articles for the Melbourne newspaper 'The Age' and to the journal 'Art in Australia'[5] about Max Meldrum[6] and Hilda Rix Nicholas.
[1] She had a joint exhibition of oils, watercolours and pastels with fellow artists Dora Wilson and May Roxburgh in 1918.
[10] Sutherland had a history with Dora Wilson prior to later established artist societies, exhibiting as part of "The Waddy" in 1909, along with Janet Cumbrae Stewart and Nora Gurdon.
[11] She enjoyed doing landscapes, renting a cottage in Lilydale with Bernice Edwell and Florence Rodway to sketch the surrounding country.