Distinguished Artist 2014
  Florida House on Capitol Hill

 

  

 

Jackie Inducted into the "Florida Artist Hall Of Fame"

March 21, 2012

                                     

October 22, 2015

"The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution"

  American Heritage Committee
Women in the Arts Award

 

 

OBJECTIVE   

My desire is to accomplish not only a true landscape painting but also a feeling.  When a person views a scene on canvas that I’ve seen on location, I want that person to be able to place himself or herself there. It is imperative that the painting has the reflections measured correctly and that the geography of the land whether lowland or high ground has the proper trees and foliage.  An artist must take the time and make the effort to study their subject.  My subject for almost 47 years has been Florida.  When one of my Florida landscape paintings is purchased, I want the purchaser to know that because many hours and many years have been devoted to observing, studying and painting the Florida landscape, their painting is an accurate portrayal of Florida.

BIOGRAPHY

Jackie Brice, a native Floridian, is an award winning professional artist who has been painting since 1967.  She studied for 11 years with her mentor and friend, A.E. Backus.  Prior to her work with Backus, she studied for 10 years with Vela Boss of Miami, Florida.  Ms. Brice has been invited to speak in many cities, including Jacksonville, FL, Vero Beach, FL, Denver, CO and Los Angeles, CA.  She has traveled to the Loire Valley in France to study and paint the landscape of the countryside.  Believing strongly that the greatest teaching tool for a landscape artist is painting outdoors, she has used this practice to capture the essence of Florida.

ACHIEVEMENTS

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

·        The White House- Washington, D.C. 

·        The Florida House- Washington, D.C. 

·        The State of Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff and Mrs. Atwater

·         U.S. Sugar Corporation

·        U.S. Senator and Mrs. Bob Graham

·        U.S. Congressman and Mrs. E. Clay Shaw

·        Oscar Berger, President of Guatemala

·        Dr. Eduardo Stein, Vice President of Guatemala

·        Greg Norman, Professional golfer

·        Burt Reynolds, Actor

·        Barry University- Miami, FL

·        Hill-York Corporation

·        Jupiter Medical Center

·        Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute of the Palm Beaches

·        Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute of Miami

·        Hav-A-Tampa/Phillies Corporation

·        Palm Beach County, FL

·        Town of Jupiter, FL

·        Municipality of Juno Beach, FL

·        Allen Morris Corporation

·        Coconut Grove Bank

EXHIBITS BY INVITATION

·        Richard B. Russell Senate Building Rotunda- Washington, D.C.

·        Hart Senate Building- Washington, D.C.

·        State Capitol Building- Tallahassee, FL

·        22^nd Floor Gallery, State Capitol Building-Tallahassee, FL

·        Governor’s Office Gallery, State Capitol Building- Tallahassee, FL

·        Thrasher- Horne Center for the Arts Center- Orange Park, FL

·        Lighthouse Center for the Arts- Tequesta, FL

·        Governmental Center- West Palm Beach, FL

·        Loxahatchee Historical Museum- Jupiter, FL

·        Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens- West Palm Beach, FL

·        Court House Cultural Center Galleries- Stuart, FL

·        A.E. “Bean” Backus Gallery- Ft. Pierce, FL

·        Governors Club- West Palm Beach, FL

·        The Museum of Science- Miami, FL

·        Northwood University- West Palm Beach, FL

·        Riviera Country Club- Coral Gables, FL

·        Rod & Reel Club- Hibiscus Island, FL

PUBLICATIONS

2006 - Social Magazine- Coral Gables, FL

2004 - Ft. Pierce “Hometown News”

Jupiter Courier

2003 - Culture - Palm Beach County Cultural Council

2002 - Jupiter Courier

2000 - Culture- Palm Beach County Cultural Council “Artist Spotlight”

2000-The Backus School Book

The News, Stuart, FL “Entertainment”

Jupiter Courier

1997 - Social Magazine- Coral Gables, FL

1994 - Palm Beach Post “Arts and Entertainment” “River of Artists”

1992 - Social Magazine- Coral Gables, FL

      Artists of Florida

1991 - Palm Beach Life  

            Palm Beach County “Arts”

Jupiter Courier

1990 - Palm Beach Post “Accent”

1989 - Miami Herald

1988 - Palm Beach Post “Accent”

1987 - Ft. Pierce News Tribune “Showcase” “A Critics View”

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

·        Ms. Brice’s portfolio has been accepted into the archives of The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C.

·        The Martin County Council for the Arts invited Ms. Brice to write the text on the “Backus Colors” for the book A.E. “Bean” Backus- The Backus School published in 2002.

·        A documentary shown on “New Florida” on Channel 2 (Public Television) in Miami and Channel 20 (Public Television) in Palm Beach County showcases the work Ms. Brice has done and continues to do to promote the preservation of Florida with her painting.  A camera crew followed Ms. Brice for 2 days as she painted the Loxahatchee River.  State biologist and Florida Wildlife Officer, Dick Roberts, speaks to the important role her work has played in preserving the river.

·        Ms. Brice was asked by the Board of Directors of the A.E. Backus Museum and Gallery in Ft. Pierce, FL to reproduce a Backus painting titled “A New Day Dawning” as a mural on an outside wall of the museum in 2004.

·        The Southern Bell Telephone Co. of Florida chose Ms. Brice’s painting of The Cor Jesu Chapel at Barry University for the cover of the 1990 Miami, FL telephone directory.

·        For its 75^th Birthday Celebration the Town of Jupiter, FL chose a painting of the Loxahatchee River created by Ms. Brice for the cover of the second printing of The Loxahatchee Lament.

·        In 1997, United States Senator and Mrs. Bob Graham sponsored Ms. Brice in a solo exhibit in the Rotunda of the Richard B. Russell Senate Building in Washington D.C. with a reception held in The Florida House.  To prepare for the exhibit Ms. Brice spent a year traveling through Florida painting from the Florida Keys to the St. Marks Refuge and from Naples to Juno Beach.  The result was 17 paintings representing all of Florida. These paintings now hang in homes in Virginia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and New York.

MEMBERSHIPS

·        National Museum of Women in the Arts

·        National Association of Women Artists

·        Loxahatchee Historical Museum

·        Norton Museum of Art

·        A.E. “Bean” Backus Gallery

·        Palm Beach Cultural Council

·        Lighthouse Gallery and Museum