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ART RELATED BACKGROUND – Landscape Paintings: Exhibitions of MERRILEE DRAKULICH An artist painting landscapes and seascapes in oil on canvas and oil pastels on paper for over twenty-five years. Originally from Pennsylvania and educated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Arts, she painted in Jamaica, West Indies for 16 years. Also during that time and since then, she was an instructor of art and exhibited her works regularly throughout the years. In 1991 and again in 1994, she was invited by Atkins Fine Arts to paint the landscape of the Auvergne Region in France. After returning again to live and paint in Pennsylvania, she resided during 2001 in Tokyo, where she gathered new inspiration for a series of paintings based on her experiences living in Japan. EXHIBITIONS OF LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS: 2004 Fall Exhibition – Landscapes. Atkins Fine Art Gallery, Poterie Du Don, 15120 Montsalvy, France. Tel: 33-471-49-95-65, Fax: 33-471-49-25-76. 2003 Spring Review: Landscapes. Atkins Fine Art Gallery, Poterie Du Don, Montsalvy, France. 2000 Landscapes - One Person Show. December 1 - 31. Gallery 100 / Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, 119 Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63702. 2000 Grand Opening Exhibition. December. Anthony Kelley Gallery, 310 Ruskin Place, Seaside, Florida 32459. 2000 Four Artists / Group Exhibition. March - April. Soho Gallery, 29 Palafox Place South, Pensacola, Florida 32501 2000 One person exhibition: Landscapes. January - February. Tudor Gallery, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania 18411. 1999 Landscapes Group Show. Aug. 29 - Sep. 29. Kirkland Art Center, East Park Row, P.O. Box 213, 1998 12th Annual Women in the Visual Arts, l998 International 1997-98 7th Annual Holiday Exhibit at Laura Craig Galleries. December 19 through February. 307 Linden Street, 1996 Group Exhibition at Lincoln Center / Intimate Gallery. January 10 to February 14. Lincoln Center, 417 West Magnolia, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521. 1995 Eighth Annual Festival of Paintings by Women. June-August. Organized by the town of Giroussens, France. 1994 Recent Landscapes: Fall 1994. Atkins Fine Arts Gallery, Poterie Du Don, 15120 Montsalvy, France. Tel: 33-471-49-95-65, Fax: 33-471-49-25-76. 1993 Spring Review: A selection of landscapes from the Cantal Region 1990 Images of Sand and Waves. Hollywood Art and Culture Center, 1988 International Women's Day Exhibition, Group Show. 1988 Brickell Project, Group Show. Organized by 1987 Women's Exhibition, Group Show. Organized by Frame Centre 1987 One Woman Exhibition. Organized by Gallery Makonde, Wyndham Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. 1979-86 (8 consecutive years) Annual Juried Exhibition Group Show. Organized by National Gallery of Art of Jamaica Kingston, 1986 Five Artists, Group Show. Organized by Gallery Makonde, Wyndham Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. 1985 Women's Exhibition, Group Show. Organized by Mutual Life 1984 Two Women Exhibition. An exhibit with prominent Jamaican 1984 Women's Exhibition, Group Show. Organized by Mutual Life 1979-83 (5 consecutive years) Festival of the Arts. Funded by Jamaica 1982 Celebration: An Exhibition of Art by 20 Women Artists. 1980 Ways of Seeing Contemporary Art. Organized by Rosalie 1979 Women's Exhibition, Group show. Organized by Mutual Life 1978 Two Women Exhibit. An exhibition with Rachel Fearing, 1977 Thesis Exhibition: Landscapes and Figures. One Woman 1976 Graduate Exhibition. California State University, Long Beach, CA. Group show of works by graduate students. CORPORATE ACQUISITIONS OF PAINTINGS Hilton Hotel, St. Anns Bay, St. Ann, Jamaica, West Indies. Petroleum Company of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Design Collaboratives, Architects, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. "Still-life" with Shell/Egg, pastel on paper, 1981, 22" x 30". Ameri-Swiss Corporation, Miami, FL. Two works on paper. Coscan Corporation, The Water Ways, North Miami, FL. L. Broderick, Attys., Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. PAINTING COMMISSIONS Wyndham Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Upper Lobby, "Ciboney/Pool", oil on canvas, 1984, 60" x 84". Lower Lobby, "Ciboney/Pool/Leaf", oil on canvas, 1984, 35" x 50". Represented by various private collections in Jamaica, West Indies, EDUCATION Master of Arts in Studio Art, 1976 California State University, Long Beach, CA Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, 1967 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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Merrilee Drakulich
Contemporary landscape paintings of France, Japan, and the U.S.A.
Barrington, New Jersey
Works that are derivative of the landscapes of France, Japan, and the U.S.A. Oil on canvas, oil on paper, oil pastels on paper, and pigment stick on paper. Representational with a tendency towards abstraction.
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