James A. DePietro is a visual storyteller whose highly detailed paintings focus on various social, political, or environmentally themed issues. Working on a series approach, his present grouping is The Shadow Series, works which deal with realistic figurative images contrasting against textured fields of color. He is a member of Audubon Artists of New York and the American Artists Professional League in New York City. This past year, he recently had a solo exhibition at The Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ.