Frank DePietro
Contemporary Realist Painting

Frank DePietro was born and grew up in Scranton Pennsylvania. He graduated From Bloomsburg University in 1997 with a Bachelors of Fine Art. After graduating, Frank moved to Philadelphia where he lived and worked for several years as a painting instructor at various institutions in the area. He has exhibited extensively in solo, group and juried exhibitions in the Mid Atlantic Region. Frank has been the recipient of various awards for both his paintings and teaching practices. Some awards include the Phillip and Muriel Berman award for painting from the Cheltenham Art Center, the Works on Paper award from the Perkins Center for the Arts and the 2008 JDCAP Education Program of the Year for his work with at risk youth.

Moving to Chester County in 2009 marked a new direction for DePietro’s paintings. His new surroundings provided him with a new found interest in the landscape. This new environment, along with the rich tradition of realistic painting in the Brandywine Valley began to shape the content of his current work. The subject matter of Frank’s work is based on his immediate local surroundings. “I attempt to avoid a conscious selection of my subject, rather choosing compositions that strike me as significant as I come across them in my daily life. It is my goal to create crisp, realistic images of the content I’ve selected.”