John C. Traynor’s works of art range from 2 by 3-inch miniatures to 40- by 50-foot murals. Painting outdoors on location is a primary source of inspiration for Traynor's landscapes.

John pursued formal arts training at Paier College of Art in New Haven, Connecticut, and figure painting with Frank Mason at the Art Students League of New York.  Traynor continued to study landscape painting in Vermont with Mr. Mason, drawing with Carroll N. Jones Jr. of Stowe, Vermont, and sculpture for one year with brother Jerome Cox in Florence, Italy.

Traynor has received over two hundred awards of merit for his art, including the Grumbacher Gold Metal, the Robb Sagendorph award, and the Frank Dumond Memorial Award for best light and atmospheric effect in a painting.

Memberships include the Salmagundi Club of New York, Hudson Valley Art Association, National Society of Mural Painters, and the Copley Society of Boston, where he is a Copley Master.

On November 18th 2010, The Salmagundi Club awarded  to John C Traynor                    The Salmagundi Club Medal of Honor and Merit for his artistic achievements and contributions to the field of art.

The Salmagundi Club medal of honor and merit is awarded to distinguished citizens in various fields, in the name of the club's devotion to those endeavors which link one area of culture to another and one human being to another.

New Hampshire Woods             16 x 20       Oil                 Sometimes in Winter      9 x 12          Oil

            Game Night             12 x 16       Oil                         Walk in the Village     18 x 24       Oil              

  Pink House in Ballybunion Ireland    8 x 10    Oil           Fish Monger      9 x 12       Oil        

       Rialto Market Venice      11 x 14         Oil             Summer Annuals       16 x 12       Oil 

      Foggy Evening Grand Canal      11 x 14  Oil