Born in 1937 in Jersey City NJ, McGinley is one of New Jersey's better known artists along with his teacher John R. Grabach (1882-1984), and another of Grabach's students, the watercolorist Henry Gasser ( -1981).These artists depicted New Jersey landscapes and citylife in a painterly mode. McGinley moved to Sullivan County, New York in 1992 and has become well-known there as a leader of the School of Delaware River Painters.He is listed in "Davenport's Art Reference of 2001", as well as "The Artists Bluebook" by Lonnie Pierson Dunbier.James was admired for his work since age three, when his chalk sidewa