JuLee Simmons

...Represented since 2012

 



Julee Simmons is featured an as "Artist to Watch" in the August 2012 Southwest Art Magazine: "Eye on the classics".

JuLee has traveled extensively,broadening her creative understanding by studying the work of the Nineteenth Century masters. “I like the romantic perspective of the Nineteenth Century,” she says. “Artists such as John Singer Sargeant, J.W.Waterhouse, and N.C. Wyeth continue to inspire me. Contemporary artists often like to pretend that they are blazing paths that have never been walked before, but the truth is that we all stand on the shoulders of the great artists who came before us. Rather than focus on the ‘shock of the new, I prefer creating art that celebrates beauty.”

The majority of JuLee’s art is figurative, but she also paints landscapes, street scenes, and florals.“My style generally is impressionistic, but sometimes I like to work in a tighter style inspired by the masters of earlier periods,” JuLee observes. “I try to create scenes that are timeless."

 

Flower Stall

16x20, unframed $ 2700

Bathing

16x20, unframed $ 2700

Girl in Red Dress

20x24, unframed 4050

Girl in Repose

16x20, unframed $ 2700

Girl with Hat

9x12, unframed $ 1080

Girl with Blue Scarf

20x24, unframed $ 4050

Girl with Pears

16x20, unframed $ 2700

 

Girl Picking Apples

16x20, unframed $ 2700

Serenity
18x24, unframed $ 3780

 

Grace & Beauty

20x24, unframed $ 4050


 

Warming Up
16 x 20, unframed $ 2700

 

The Pensive Girl
20 x24, unframed $ 4050

First Light of Day
18 x 24 ", oil - unframed $ 3780

Springtime
18 x 24 ", oil - unframed $ 3780

Before the Dance
18 x 24 ", oil - framed $ 4200

 

In the Garden
20 x 24 ", oil - framed $ 4500

 

Morning in the Garden
20 x 24 ", oil - framed $ 4500

 

Two Girls Walking

18 x 24 ", oil - framed $ 4200

A Shy Girl
9 x 12", oil - framed $ 1200

The Shy One
11 x 14", oil - framed $ 1700

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The Wedding Dance
9 x 12", oil - framed $ 1200

Summer Rain
9 x 12 ", oil - framed $ 1200

Le Sevigne
16 x 20 ", oil - framed $ 3000

 

 

Dream of Venice
18 x 24 ", oil - framed

If Birds Could Talk
24 x 30 ", oil - framed $ 5600

Night V\isitor
11 x 14", oil - framed

Reflection
14 x 11", oil - framed $ 1700

 

Sharing Secrets in Paris
9 x 16", oil - framed $ 1700

 

Deep in Thought

Island Girl

Morning Coffee

Anticipation
24 x 30 "

Brief Encounter
24 x 30 "


JuLee Simmons began painting in oils more than thirty years ago, at the age of ten. That discovery unleashed a passion which has animated her life to the present day.
A native of Denver, Colorado, JuLee studied art at the University of Denver and completed her formal training at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1979 to 1981.
JuLee began her career as an artist for the Denver Nuggets and the Denver Broncos, and painted portraits and golf art for the Senior PGA Tour. Looking back, JuLee observes:“Sports art sometimes is derided as genre art, but I never looked at it that way. It permitted me to refine techniques which I still draw on to create fine art. When I look at my early sports work, I see landscapes. I see figures in motion. I see portraiture.”
During the 1990's JuLee partnered with The Alonzo Gallery in St.Petersburg, Florida and became their sole featured artist, selling originals as well as limited edition prints. During this period, JuLeeproduced a limited edition print of baseball great Stan Musial, signed and numbered by Mr. Musial as well as by the artist. The first numbered print was presented to President Clinton during a trip by Mr. Musial to the Oval Office, and now hangs in the Clinton Presidential Library. JuLee also published a popular series of calendars and cards through The Lang Companies.