Rich DiSilvio

Rich DiSilvio (born 1957 in New York, USA) is a new media developer, artist, author, and architectural designer. He is well noted for his surreal fantasy illustrations and he creates works in the role of photographer, fine artist and digital artist.

Biography

After graduating college DiSilvio studied under Harold Stevenson, a protege of Norman Rockwell, at the The Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts [ [http://www.thestevensonacademy.com/alumni.asp thestevensonacademy.com - alumni] ] . With a background in industrial arts, DiSilvio first embarked upon a career in the construction industry, whereby he eventually founded Creative Design Contractors. He worked on projects in Long Island and Manhattan, New York during the booming 1980s.

In 1996 DiSilvio briefly returned to college. He subsequently founded Digital Vista, inc. Under the umbrella of Digital Vista, DiSilvio pioneered, programmed and developed the Autism Academy interactive software, a full spectrum of creative artwork for book publishers and the music and entertainment industries, fine art prints and giclees on canvas under DV Fine Art, and his most recent endeavor of book publishing under DV Books.

DiSilvio spent four and a half years writing "The Winds of Time: An Analytical Study of the Titans Who Shaped Western Civilization".When

Illustrative works

Rich DiSilvio's illustrative work has adorned the projects of Pink Floyd, Yes (band), The Moody Blues, Yngwie Malmsteen, Cher, Crowbar (U.S. band), Lita Ford, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson and many other performers. DiSilvio has also created fantasy and sci-fi book covers, such as the Clark Ashton Smith series for Wildside Press, and his personal fine art prints and giclees on canvas that range from traditional/contemporary to ultra-surreal in style.

Other Works

As an author, DiSilvio has written about the Western world in his magnum opus "The Winds of Time". This sprawling work is a chronological study of the titans that shaped Western history. It includes such personalities as Plato, Aristotle, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Nero, Jesus, Paul the Apostle, Irenaeus, Hadrian, Constantine I, Dante Alighieri, Leonardo DaVinci, Johannes Gutenberg, Christopher Columbus, Queen Elizabeth I, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Guglielmo Marconi, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Ronald Reagan, and many more.

His interest in classical music led to the creation of a website about the famous pianist/composer Franz Liszt. The site offers a sampling of DiSilvio’s prose and poetry. Other works of poetry by DiSilvio have been published in print and online.

As a new media developer DiSilvio produced the first interactive educational CD-ROM on autism, which was introduced on October 19, 1999 [ [http://www.autismacademy.com/newsday Jamie Talan column, Newsday October 19, 1999] ] .

DiSilvio has also created new media projects for cable TV shows such as The Mole, Celebrity Mole, The Man Show and special interest documentaries, such as "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" by James Cameron, "The WAR ZONE", "Killing Hitler", "Ballet Shoes", "Terminal City" and many others. Examples: * [http://www.kochvision.com/LostTomb/ The Lost Tomb of Jesus] - * [http://www.eaglerockent.com/ecards/Mole/index.htm / Celebrity Mole]

References

ee also

*List of Italian Americans

External links

* [http://www.richdisilvio.com/ The Art of Rich DiSilvio]
* [http://www.thewindsoftime.com/ The Winds of Time]
* [http://www.autismacademy.com/ Autism Academy]
* [http://www.d-vista.com/Liszt/ The Franz Liszt Site]