Dorothy Grafly

Johnny Aiello has a show of figurative paintings and prints at Socrates Perakis Gallery, 2116 Locust St. that denotes personal growth. His pictures had a complex formal existence and strongly assorted colors that now are sometimes exchanged for a deepening palette and an evocative atmosphere less insulated from feeling and not so hedonistic. Although the old sensibility, freshness and robust character remain intact, his forms mostly sink into deep shadow now without coming into sharp focus.