Julie Maddocks
Julie Maddocks has been painting on china for more than 15 years and has been studying drawing and painting at the Brisbane Academy of Arts for several years, receiving honours for her work.
She is a member of the Teachers’ Institute of Porcelain Art and a former president of Queensland Porcelain Artists Inc. Julie has won numerous prizes for her work which has also been featured in the Queensland Porcelain Artists Inc Sketch Book and the Australian Porcelain Decorator magazine.
Born in Victoria, Julie moved to Queensland after her marriage in 1981and was introduced to china painting on a social basis. In 1984, her husband’s work took the couple to the USA where Julie undertook formal art classes at the University of Clovis, New Mexico.
After two years, Julie and her husband returned to Australia to start a family. As well as her talent for china painting, Julie is also a gliding instructor with the Boonah Gliding Club. The Maddocks live in Ipswich but have bought a property near the Boonah Airfield, travelling here most weekends to enjoy the sport of gliding.
Julie continues to teach and demonstrate the art of china painting and to paint the Australian landscape.