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John Dyess

Media

 

oil on canvas
mixed media

 

 

 

John’s work has been represented in over twenty five shows at the St. Louis Artists’ Guild and has been recognized nationally by the New York Society of Illustrators and Communication Arts Magazine. He has taught illustration and drawing at Washington University, Webster University, Meramec Community College and Jefferson College.

 

Painting and Illustration Exhibitions and Awards

 

Componere Gallery:
“Highlights in Shadows” 2009

St. Louis Artists’ Guild:
• Art Section member
• Awards include:  St. Louis Artists’ Centennial Prize, Martha Herbert Prize for Portrait Painting,
Paula Henderson Beck Annual Memorial Portrait Prize.

St. Louis Community College at Meramec:
• Meramec Faculty Show - 1997-2007

St. Louis Community College at Forest Park and St. Louis Artists’ Guild:
• Annual Illustrators Exhibition - 1984-2004

Arts for the Parks:
• First Annual Exhibit and Sale of the Second 100 Paintings of 1990
Jackson Hole, Wyoming - September 1990

National Parks Service:
• Exhibit Gateway Arch, “Raptor 90 “ - 1990

St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley:
• Drawing Invitational Exhibition - September 2002

Foundry Art Centre:
• “The Profession of Art:  Mid-Career Show”  - September 2004
• “Photography: A Regional Juried Exhibition”  - January - February 2006
• “Paperwork In, On, and of Paper” - January - February 2007
 
The Gallery at Barone Studio:
• “ The Good, the Bad and the Naked”  - July 2006

South Shore Art Center:
• “Photography Now” - September 2006

 

Qualifications and Experience

 

1961 B.F.A. Washington University, St. Louis, MO

1962-1966 Illustrator, Military Airlift Command USAF

1966-1969 Illustrator, Bob Ruether & Associates, St. Louis, MO

1969-1980 Senior Illustrator, Maritz Motivation Company, St. Louis, MO

1975-1980 Adjunct Faculty, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

1980-2009 Owner John Dyess Illustration

1983 Adjunct Faculty in Art, St. Louis Community College, Meramec

1993 Adjunct Faculty in Art, Webster University, St. Louis, MO

1993-1994 Board of Governors, St. Louis Artists’ Guild

1995-1997 Vice President of Communications, St. Louis Artists’ Guild

1997-2007 Adjunct Faculty in Art, St. Louis Community College, Meramec

2006-2007 Adjunct Faculty in Art, Jefferson College, Hillsboro, MO

 

Partial Client
List

 

Concordia Publishing

General Electric

Anheuser-Busch

Monsanto

Bass Tracker

Pet Inc.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ralston Purina

Steck-Vaughn

Rolls Royce

Baptist Sunday School Board

Southwestern Bell

Ducks Unlimited

Silver Burdett & Ginn

Pearson Education

St. Louis Baseball Cardinals

 

Work Published

 

Alaska Magazine

Baseball Digest

Bass Master Magazine

CA Magazine Art Annual 1977-78

Field & Stream

Highlights for Children

In-Fisherman

Mature Living

Medical Economics Magazine

Motor Home

New York Society of Illustrators Annuals no. 16,19,20,27

North American Fisherman

Outdoor Life

Saltwater Sportsman

Sports Afield

TV Guide

 

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