"Citgo 2", 30 x 40", oil on canvas

For 35 years, John S. Dykes has worked on over five thousand illustration assignments for hundreds of clients, earning recognition and awards from top illustration industry associations. Among these organizations is The Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, American Illustration, 3x3 Illustration Annual, Print Magazine, How Magazine, Step By Step Graphics, and The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (gold and silver medals), as well as the Luerzer's Archive 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide.

John has taught illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design and the New Hampshire Institute of Art. He has given presentations at schools and institutions, including the University of Kansas, the University of Connecticut, Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, New Hampshire Institute of Art, and The New England School of Art & Design. His work is part of the permanent collection of The Norman Rockwell Museum, The New Britain Museum of American Art, and many private collections.

John's studio and home were in Boston's Fort Point / Seaport District in a renovated printing factory built in 1900.

Clients

The Wall Street Journal, Pentagram Design, Time, New York Times, Newsweek, U.S. News, Businessweek, Men's Health, United Airlines, Hasbro, The Boston Globe, Newsweek, U.S.News, Men's Health, United Airlines, Boston Globe, Yankee Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Atlantic Monthly, Sports Illustrated, Money, Barrons, Amex, AT&T, IBM, Disney Press, FCB Worldwide, Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, Readers' Digest, Forbes, Fortune, Capital One, Abbott Labs, Pfizer, McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Fidelity, GQ, BC/BS, GE, NBC, Scholastic, Coopers & Lybrand, Chevron, Farrar Straus & Giroux, Book of the Month, Major League Baseball, and many others.