Dodi Sikevitz
8093 Cassia Drive
Boynton Beach, FL 33437
(561) 736-8408
mado@prodigy.net

Dodi Sikevitz is a veratile artist working in watercolor, watercolor monotypes, acrylic and oil, creating works from dramitic to low-key realism, often enlivend with a touch of humor.  Born and educated in Chicago, Illinois, she won a scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago.

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"Forbidden Fruit"
30" x 38"

In 1956, she began a career in the field of advertising as a layout artist, later becoming Advertising Art Director for Wells Lamont Corporation, a national glove company, Assistant Advertising Manager with Hobart Corporation, an international food equipment company, and Advertising Manager for Oak Industries, an international electronic components firm.

She opened her own advertising agency and studio in 1979, which she continued to head until moving to Michigan with her husband, Marty, in 1985.

Since 1992, Dodi has been a resident of Palm Beach County, Florida and devotes full time to fine art, commissions, graphic design and teaching drawing and painting.  She has had her work published in American Artist magazine, the April 2005 issue of Watercolor Magic magazine and several feature articles in local newspapers.

"Predictions"
30" x 38"

Her paintings are in many private collections and she is credited for showing her works in several solo exhibitions and over two hundred juried exhibitions in both Florida and Michigan, winning many top awards.  She most recently was granted Signature Membership in the Florida Watercolor Society.

The Palette and Brush Club of Metro Detroit awarded her "Artist of the Year" in 1991, 1992 and 1996; she was also past president of this organization and is currently president of the Palm Beach Watercolor Society.

MEMBERSHIPS

Florida Watercolor Society, Signature Membership
National Watercolor Society (Assoc.)
Palm Beach Watercolor Society, Boca Raton, Florida
Women in the Visual Arts, Delray Beach, Florida

PREVIOUS MEMBERSHIPS

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Assn., Birmingham, Michigan
Michigan Watercolor Society
Palette and Brush Club, Metro Detroit