Dixon, a native of Pittsburgh, PA was educated at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, class of 1964. Formerly an illustrator for Hallmark Cards and a Senior Advertising Designer for Armstrong World Industries, Reed is well known for his non-traditional style and color pallet, and for his unusual subject matter.
His work has been chosen for the Society of Illustrators show in New York City and for the Communication Arts Illustration Annual. Reed has exhibited his work widely throughout the Eastern US, and has contributed numerous illustrations to magazines and children books.
In 1977 he started Dixon Graphics, and advertising design and fine arts studio. Dixon also co-founded the nationally renoun Mt. Gretna Outdoor Art Show in 1975 and served as its chairman while it developed into a major summer event.
Reed lives in Lititz, PA with his wife Kathi who owns Kermes Interior Design and their cat Razzie. Reed now paints in his new studio somewhere in the back yard. |
