Julee's Bio:
Painter, Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic, Collage, Woodcuts, Charcoal, Mixedmedia, Sculptor, Clay, Mixedmedia
Born: Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Maryland
Studied:
Corcoran Art School-Washington DC
High Museum,Atlanta ,GA and Private Lessons
Taught:
Painting and Sculpture in Atlanta and Sarasota
Employed:
Sales Gallery Manager, Sarasota Art Association (1972-1987)
Membership:
National League of American Pen Women,
Women's Caucus ofArt,
Florida Artists Group member 1973
Petticoat Painters member 1975
Art Center Sarasota member 1972
Manatee Art Center
Venice Art Center
Artist Statement:
I enjoy painting in all media, relying on "Chance" to help create the First Ecstatic
Impression of either
abstract or Realism Genres. Capturing Humor (unexpectedly sometimes as a bonus)
A long time resident of Sarasota, Julee Docking has been listed in "A History of Visual Art in Sarasota"
And was part of the fine Arts Society "Artist and Collectors Tour" in 1973 and again in 1988
AWARDS:
Grumbacher Gold Medallion, Cornell Museum FL
Hilton Leach Memorial Award, Edison College FL
Best of Show, State of Florida (NALPW)
Melvin Gallery, Second Award, Lakeland FL
International Circus Show Award
CV Whitney Purchase Award, Westbury, NY
Dick Blick Award, Manatee Art Center
Naples Florida Art City Hall
Art Center Sarsota FL
Best Of Show, Venice Art Center
National Exhibitions:
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC (NALPW)
High Museum, Atlanta, GA
Jacksonville Museum, FL
Summer Museum, Washington, DC
Lincoln Center, New York
National Convention, Atlanta, GA
Mercy Hurst College, Erie, PA
WCA 25th Anniversary Show, Chicago, IL
WCA "West to East Show", Miami, FL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
Edison College, Gallery of Fine Art, Ft. Myers, FL
Florida State Exhibitions:
Boca Raton Museum
Cape Coral 5th Annual, Ft.Myers
Ringling Museum (Sales), Sarasota
Capitol Building, Tallahassee
Florida Gulf Coast University
FLAG, University of Tampa
FLAG, Winterhaven
Invitationals:
Woman's Resource Center, Sarasota
Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design (One Woman Show, 2009)
Manatee Community College
Longboat Key Art Center