Caroline A. Doucette is a signature member of the New England Watercolor Society and Pennsylvania Watercolor Society. She has been published in both the Summer 1996 issue and the Spring 2000 issue of the Watercolor magazine. Her painting “To Life” appears in the book Splash 5: The Glory of Color. Her paintings are in a number of collections including the Taube Museum of Art, Minot, ND and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA.

Her mother is an artist as was her grandmother. As play, her mother taught her perspective drawing when she was 4 years old. With her first camera at 11 years old, her father, who had once worked with the photography department in the US Air Force, taught her the fundamentals of composition. In December of 1989, her husband encouraged her to paint full time, suggesting she use watercolors and later to specialize in florals. Following his intuition and guidance, she began to win awards and recognition.

In November 2000, her husband’s business relocated moving them from Nashua, New Hampshire to Rugby, North Dakota. Her work can be viewed on the Internet at www.carolinedoucette.com.

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One-person & Invitational Shows:

2009 Solo Exhibit, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX

2008                Solo Exhibit, 2^nd Floor, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
2007                Solo Exhibition, Governor’s Offices, Bismarck, ND
2004 & 2005 Solo Exhibit, Martha & Dale Hawk Museum, Wolford, ND
2004                Women’s Invitational, Memorial Union Gallery, State

University, Fargo, ND
2003 - 2006 Lewis and Clark Commemorative Touring Invitational

Exhibit, ND Art Gallery Association
2003 – 2004 One Year Traveling Solo Exhibition, The Sun Shines

Bright, North Dakota Art Gallery Association
2002 Solo Exhibit, Hello Again, Taube Museum of Art, Minot,

ND
2000 Emerging Women Artists, Tribeca Fine Arts, NY, NY

2000 Solo Exhibit, Cold Water Morning, ARTSWorcester,

                        Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA
2000               Solo Exhibit, ChemDesign Corp, Fitchburg, MA
1999              Solo Exhibit, Chapman Art Center Gallery, Cazenovai

College, Cazenovia, NY
1999 Solo Exhibit, University of Massachusetts Medical Center,

Worcester, MA
1997 Through Women’s Eyes: Expressions and Reflections,

Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA
1995 Solo Exhibit, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Cape Cod,

MA

Juried Competitions:

2004 - 2006 Southeastern Montana Juried Exhibit, Custer County Arts

& Heritage Center, Miles City, MT
2004 - 2005 Identity and Vision Juried Exhibit, Rolling Plains Art

Gallery, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
1998, 2002,

2003 & 2009 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club’s Annual Juried

                        Exhibition, National Arts Club, NY, NY
1996, 1998
& 2000          New England Watercolor Society’s National Juried

North American Open Show, Boston, MA
1995 & 2005 Pennsylvania Watercolor Society’s Annual National

Juried Exhibit, Erie, PA
1995 North East Watercolor Society’s 19^th Annual National

                       Juried Exhibit, Goshen, NY

Awards:

2002 & 2005   1^st Place Watercolor, Pekin Days Art Show, Pekin, ND
1999                TFMoran Purchase Prize, Nashua Mall Art Show, Nashua,

NH
1997 Boston Corporate Award, New England Watercolor

                        Society’s Members Juried Show
1996                Still Life Award, Cider Painters of America National Show
1995                1^st Place Figure, 2^nd Biennial National Miniature Art

Exhibition
1994 Semi-finalist, Winsor Newton Collectors Calendar Art

Competition

Publications:

2005 Featured as Artist of the Year Calendar produced by Quality

                Printing Services, Bismarck, ND
2003        Feared in Watercolor Highlights, by American Artist Publication
2000        Featured in Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Annual Catalog
2000        Featured in Watercolor Magazine, Spring Issue, by American

                Artist Magazine
1999        Featured in Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Cheaper Weekly Catalog
1998        Featured in Splash 5: Glory of Color, Northlight Books
1996        Featured in Watercolor Magazine, Summer Issue, by American

Artist Magazine
1995 Featured in Tastefully New England Magazine, March 1995

                Issue

Collections:

2002        Taube Museum of Art, Minot, ND
2002        Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

Galleries:

1997 - 2009     Northlight Gallery, Kennebunkport, ME
2005 - 2009     Gallery 18, Minot, ND
2004 - 2009     Heritage Arts Gallery and Gifts, Michigan, ND

Professional Affiliations:

2009 - 2010 VIP Cambridge Who’s Who, Registry of Executives,

                       Professionals and Entrepreneurs
1993 - 2009     Signature Member, New England Watercolor Society
2005 - 2009     Signature Member, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society
2004 - 2009    Juried Member, Watercolor West
2005 - 2009     Member, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York

City, NY

Education:

1990 Watercolor Course with Elise Kohl, Nashua Center for the

Arts, Nashua, NH
1979 Watercolor Course with Kay Kandra, Rivier College,

Nashua, NH
1977 - 1980 Rivier College, Nashua, NH

Statement.........

I really like to paint flowers. They’re fun and they can be played with. Originally, I found flowers so simple but then I found I could play with the wonderful colors and shadows and get right down into them like some magical fairy. I like to use a simple palette of red, blue, yellow, cool, and warm so I can get nice rich, brilliant, vivid, clean colors that will sit on my hot press paper in such a delightful way. I like to make the leaf curl away and the petal look soft and fuzzy. It is how the peach has weight and the autumn leaf crunches under foot. The more I painted flowers, and gardened, the more I viewed myself, and flowers, as survivors, with a quiet strength, that’s bold and has a beauty despite any flaws. In the flower is the continuous circle of life with the dreams of tomorrow.

My flags aren’t really that much different than the flowers. It’s a matter of feel. Feel the fold roll and dip then tuck under. I started painting them long before 9/11. They’re a part of my family heritage. My maternal grandfather joined the US Army in WWI for his citizenship, his sons, and my uncles, served in WWII. My mother was in the Army, during the Koran War, when she met my father, who was in the Air Force. The Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines each got one of my four brothers. I, myself, served in the Army at the end of Viet Nam Conflict.

Caroline

Special Projects

2010

Featured 2 minute clip, Cambridge's Who's Who, New York, NY

Radio Interview, 1470 KHND Radio, "Into the Night," Chris Wakefield's Arts

2009

"Woman of the Year 2009," American Biographical Institute

"A Woman Who Sets The Standard," The International Women' Review Board,10th Anniversary International Who's Who of Professional Business Women, American Biographical Institute

"VIP" of the Year, Cambridge's Who's Who, New York, NY

2007

Featured in "Red Rivier Valley WOMEN Today" July 2007 Issue

2006

Demonstration, Arts In Action, North Valley Arts Council, Grand Cities Art Fest, Grand Forks, ND

2003

Judge of Art Division, North Dakota State Fair, Minot, ND

2000

Feature in "Watercolor" Magazine Spring 2001 Issue by American Artist Magazine

1999

2 Paintings featured in the "Cheaper Weekly Journal of Civilization," Cheap Joe's Art Stuff Catalog

1998

Featured in "Splash 5: The Glory of Color"

1996

Featured in "Watercolor" magazine Summer 1996 Issue by American Artist Magazine

1995

Featured in "Tastefully New England" magazine March 1995 Issue

Demonstration of Watercolor Technique every Thursday all summer, City Room Cafe, Nashua, NH

1994

Annual Mother's Day Portrait, Commissioned by the Nashua Mall Association, Nashua, NH

Publicity Person, Nashua Artists' Association

1993

Chairperson, Greeley Park Art Show, Nashua, NH

President, Nashua Artists' Association

1992

President, Nashua Artists' Association

Annual Mother's Day Portrait, Commissioned by the Nashua Mall Association, Nashua, NH

1991

Publicity Person, Nashua Artists' Association

Vice President, Nashua Artists' Association

1990

Publicity Person, Nashua Artists' Association

Vice President, Nashua Artists' Association