John C. Traynor

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John C. Traynor was born on October 19, 1961. He spent his early years in Chester and Mendham, New Jersey. His art studies began at Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey. He continued his education at Paier College of Art in New Haven, Connecticut. He studied figure painting at the Art Students League of New York, as a merit scholar, with Frank Mason. Traynor continued his studies in Vermont with Mr. Mason on landscape painting, drawing with Carroll N. Jones Jr. of Stowe, Vermont and sculpture with Brother Jerome Cox in Florence, Italy. Traynor is a member of the Hudson Valley Art Association, The Salmagundi Club of New York and The National Society of Mural Painters. He is also a Copley Master in the Copley Society of Boston. Traynor is the recipient of over 200 awards of merit for his art, including the Grumbacher Gold Medal, the Robb Sagendorph Award and the Frank Dumond Memorial Award for best light and atmospheric effect in a painting. His work is enjoyed in over 1000 private and public collections in the United States and abroad. Traynor currently resides with his family in southern New Hampshire.