John R. Doughty, Jr. was born in Aurora, Colorado, in 1959, and as the son of an
Air Force officer, he traveled extensively during the period his father was in the
service. While stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in the early 1960s, he was
exposed to the world of military aviation, ranging from the YF-12A to the B-58
Hustler.
He saw the X-15 fly low over his home on base as it returned to land on the dry
lakebed, and witnessed the tragic crash of the XB-70 while playing on the
kindergarten playground. John received his first art award for a drawing he did
in kindergarten of the Edwards Air Force Base fire station.
His father took John and his brother to the Tehachapi Mountains, northwest of
Edwards AFB, to watch Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroad trains travel
around the famous Tehachapi Loop. With advice from his father, after graduating
from high school, John attended Golden West College in Huntington Beach,
California, where he received an AA degree in Visual Communications, with an
emphasis in Technical Illustrations. In 1982, he received a BA degree in Biblical
Studies from Southern California College (now Vanguard University).
In 1983, John married his wife Brenda, and they moved to the San Diego area in
1987, where John began working for Hamilton Sundstrand Aerospace Company
as a Technical Illustrator-artist. John is the proud father of two daughters,
Kristen and Melissa, and his son, Andrew. Unfortunately, his youngest daughter
Melissa passed away at the age of two, after a ten-month-long battle with cancer.
John’s artwork for Carley’s Magical Gardens, surrounding the Hematology /
Oncology Center at San Diego’s Children’s Hospital, has been the most
meaningful in his career.
In the early years of John’s art career, his focus was solely on railroad art and
building High Iron Illustrations. After attending the 1986 International Railway Art
Exhibition in Boston, Massachusetts, he decided to diversify, with the primary
focus on aviation-related subjects. He became an Artist Member in the
prestigious American Society of Aviation Artists in 1991. In 1994, he was given a
VIP flight aboard a VF-11 Red Ripper F-14D Super Tomcat, one of many
highlights in his aviation art career. John has also expanded his horizon to
cover various art themes such as wildlife, automotive, and ocean scenes. His
specialty is currently centered on his aviation art, with trademark fine-detail.
Several corporations and military units have commissioned John for his artwork,
and his original paintings are prominently displayed in main lobbies, corporate
boardrooms, and squadron headquarters throughout the country.
Air Force officer, he traveled extensively during the period his father was in the
service. While stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in the early 1960s, he was
exposed to the world of military aviation, ranging from the YF-12A to the B-58
Hustler.
He saw the X-15 fly low over his home on base as it returned to land on the dry
lakebed, and witnessed the tragic crash of the XB-70 while playing on the
kindergarten playground. John received his first art award for a drawing he did
in kindergarten of the Edwards Air Force Base fire station.
His father took John and his brother to the Tehachapi Mountains, northwest of
Edwards AFB, to watch Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroad trains travel
around the famous Tehachapi Loop. With advice from his father, after graduating
from high school, John attended Golden West College in Huntington Beach,
California, where he received an AA degree in Visual Communications, with an
emphasis in Technical Illustrations. In 1982, he received a BA degree in Biblical
Studies from Southern California College (now Vanguard University).
In 1983, John married his wife Brenda, and they moved to the San Diego area in
1987, where John began working for Hamilton Sundstrand Aerospace Company
as a Technical Illustrator-artist. John is the proud father of two daughters,
Kristen and Melissa, and his son, Andrew. Unfortunately, his youngest daughter
Melissa passed away at the age of two, after a ten-month-long battle with cancer.
John’s artwork for Carley’s Magical Gardens, surrounding the Hematology /
Oncology Center at San Diego’s Children’s Hospital, has been the most
meaningful in his career.
In the early years of John’s art career, his focus was solely on railroad art and
building High Iron Illustrations. After attending the 1986 International Railway Art
Exhibition in Boston, Massachusetts, he decided to diversify, with the primary
focus on aviation-related subjects. He became an Artist Member in the
prestigious American Society of Aviation Artists in 1991. In 1994, he was given a
VIP flight aboard a VF-11 Red Ripper F-14D Super Tomcat, one of many
highlights in his aviation art career. John has also expanded his horizon to
cover various art themes such as wildlife, automotive, and ocean scenes. His
specialty is currently centered on his aviation art, with trademark fine-detail.
Several corporations and military units have commissioned John for his artwork,
and his original paintings are prominently displayed in main lobbies, corporate
boardrooms, and squadron headquarters throughout the country.
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