John S. Dykes works in the editorial, corporate, and publishing markets with an interest in personal projects. John has exhibited in the Society of Illustrators annual shows, he has won gold and silver awards from The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles and has been recognized by The Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, American Illustration, Luerzer's 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide, Print, How Magazine, 3x3 Illustration Annual, and Step by Step Graphics, Folio Show - silver award, and the R.S.V.P. portrait show... Clients include Time, Newsweek, U.S.News, Businessweek, Wall Street Journal, N.Y.Times, Boston Globe, L.A.Times, Washington Post, Men's Health, Entertainment Weekly, Atlantic Monthly, Sports Illustrated, Money, Barron's, Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, Readers' Digest, Forbes, Fortune,  Pentagram Design, Amex, AT&T, IBM, Disney Press, FCB Worldwide, Capital One, Pfizer, McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Fidelity, American Red Cross, Major League Baseball, BC/BS, GE, NBC... He creates his graphic work under the name Leo Acadia. Twenty-three of John's original illustrations are included in the Norman Rockwell Museum's permanent collection. John's studio and home is in Boston.