9th April 2001

Hello Derek, please accept the Harbeson and Associates Silver Medal of Excellence for your efforts at The John Groves Studio. John's artwork is unsurpassed in its brilliance. We enjoyed our visit very much and would be proud to have our award on your pages. - Will Harbeson

11th April 2001

Congratulations!!! Your site, as listed above, has been chosen as a winner of the Kokopelli Award in Gold, according to points you scored.This award is not automatic. All pages are reviewed indepth. .... Thank you for applying for the award and sharing your site with us. - Elsina and Daniel

14th April 2001

It´s been a great pleasure for me to visit your website and the artist John Grove . You are presenting his work in a very quiet way and tell the visitors about his life. The homepage has been made with facts and brings the artist a little closer to the artwork of John Groves. The technics of your site is made without bugs, able to view it in any browser. The pictures of the artist are well known chosen. So, I´m pleased to give you for your Homepage the Asder-Award © in bronze. Many visitors and lots of awards is what I wish to you and your homepage Congratulations! - Webmaster ASDER - Germany, the 2001 Apr 14th

21st April 2001

Derek Oakes, I am proud to present The John Groves Studio with "The 'Oh' Award." This award is targeted primarliy for art/artwork relates sites, so I was very pleased to find your application. The work of John Groves is fantastic, especially since he has put so much research into his work to ensure accuracy. Not to mention the easy site navigation, and good use of frames and graphics. Keep up the good work. - Lauren

Dear Derek, at first I would like to thank you for your application for our award ! I have to admit that you have a very interesting page which is well structured and very atractive ! One really good fact on your site are the matching fonts of the headlines. After all we decided to give you the ***VIRTUAL ROSE in BRONCE.*** Congratulations! Best regards, Team Meltomedia

28th April 2001

Congratulations! You have won the 42nd Street Bronze Award. Only creative sites that have great layout and original content win our award and your site certainly qualifies! Besides being very attractive and well done, your artwork is beautiful and we enjoyed our visit very much! - Nikki

7th May 2001

Hello Derek, I am writing to inform you that your website has won the DynoWomyn Gold Art Award. Your site, The John Groves Studio has a wonderful aesthetic feel to it. Navigation, download time, use of space, and your design are all very well done. John's art is inspiring. - June Kaminski

9th May 2001

TOL Designs Achievement in Design

11th May 2001

Derek, Your site, The John Groves Studio, has been thoroughly reviewed and I am pleased to announce that your site scored high enough to receive the Gold Gem Award. The hard work you have put into your site is evident to all who enter. Keep up the good work! Absolutely beautiful work! My son even asked me to save a picture for the desktop on my PC. Congratulations and thank you for inviting me to your wonderful site! - Absolute Mystique

11th May 2001

Congratulations...After doing a thorough review of your site it gives me great pleasure to award you with my Silver Award. You've done a superb job in putting your site together and I enjoyed visiting your site very much. It is quite obvious that you have put your heart and soul into the creation of your site ... please continue to share your special gift the way you do! - Doug Lang

14th May 2001

Hello Derek, .... I am pleased to announce that the John Groves Studio website has earned the World's Best Visuals highest honor.....the Gold Award! This rare achievement was reached by having 35% of the awards available on The Designer Elite List. All of your awards eligible were verified and certify your website is truly a rare visual wonder worldwide. A job well done! - Tom Powell

17th May 2001

Hello Derek & John, I am writing to inform you that your website has won the Rajuna's Refuge Rajuna's Reserve Award. Your site, The John Groves Studio has a professional aesthetic clean feel to it. Navigation, download time, use of space, are well done. Your art work is extremely well presented and appealing for the cyber community! - June Kaminski