Born and raised in Southern California.  Received BFA with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 1998.  Moved to Salem, Oregon in 1999.  Shown in galleries in Portland OR, Santa Ana CA, and Pasadena CA.  Have illustrated for magazines such as Forbes and Oregon Business Magazine; for comics such as Amazing Joy Buzzards and Paper Museum; and for businesses such as Normandy Guitars.

+Think of imagery as a propietary language, generated by the artist and reinvented by the viewer. +Think of a painting as an unmeasured electron; a cloud of probabilities, rather than a single particle with a single location and velocity. +The viewer observes the painting, and 'collapses' the probabilities into a painting with a meaning for her- or himself. +My task is to create the 'uncollapsed' electron, the cloud of possibilities.

Many of the paintings displayed on this site are for sale.  If you would like to purchase a painting or a print, contact me using the link to the left.

James Pezzetti

Salem, Oregon