Julee Docking was born in Bethesda, Maryland. She studied at the Corcoran Art School, Washington D.C. and private lessons at the High Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a member of the National League of American Pen Women, Women’s Caucus of Art, Sarasota Art Association, Longboat Key Art Center and the Florida Art Group. She has had numerous exhibitions and awards. The Grumbacher Gold Medallion, Cornell Museum, the Hilton Leech Memorial Award and Edison College. Her artwork has been exhibited at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., the Ringling Museum, Sarasota, the High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, the Jacksonville Museum, Florida and the Boca Raton Museum, also in Florida.