John Dusko is a native of  Pottstown, Pennsylvania. John has spent the last 30 plus years in Reading, Pennsylvania. As a young boy he always knew his calling was to be an artist and started studying art at the age of 10 with well known local Pennsylvania artist George "Bucky" Walters. John continued his studies in fine art and painting throughout his high school years and graduated in 1954 from the prestigious "New York School of Visual Arts" with a degree in Illustration and Graphic Design. Dusko credits much of his early & present success in the arts to his college teacher and mentor, internationally known artist Burne Hogarth, who at the time Dusko was attending college, was creating the drawings and illustrations for the "Tarzan" character. The influence of Mr. Hogarth can be evidenced in all of John's remarkable "true to life" work.
After college and a stint in the Army, Dusko returned home to work in advertising. As an Art Director, he designed magazines and Christmas Cards, created original illustrations, and accepted numerous personal commissions from clients. His original works can be found in personal collections up and down the East Coast.
In 1994, Dusko began a series that has captured the hearts and memories of Berks County, Pennsylvania residents. Locals Donald Fishburn and Michael Fasig asked John to create a series of historical prints of Reading & Berks County that would be published in limited edition form, signed and numbered. The Reading Railroad Outer Station was the first print in the series and was an immediate success. That print was followed  by the extraordinary Trolleys, Theaters and Times Past , a print of famous Penn Street in downtown Reading, Pennsylvania circa 1941. Then came The Thrill of the Symphony, an original oil painting created for the Reading Symphony Orchestra (RSO). A special limited edition was reproduced and the original was donated to the RSO in 1996. For Reading's 250th Anniversary Celebration, John created The Railways which is now available as a print.