Rich DiSilvio
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Rich DiSilvio (born 1957 in New York, USA) is an illustrator, photographer, fine artist, digital artist, web designer, new media developer, architectural designer and writer. His artwork is characterized as visionary, surreal, fantasy or contemporary, and he works both traditionally and digitally. DiSilvio studied under Harold Stevenson, who in turn was a protégé of Norman Rockwell, and it was upon this foundation that he acquired his own unique style.
DiSilvio has created fantasy and sci-fi book covers, fine art prints and giclees on canvas, but is perhaps most noted for his work in the music industry. His 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. He has also created new media projects for cable TV shows such as The Mole, Celebrity Mole, The Man Show, Oblivious and special interest documentaries.
His interest in classical music yielded a popular website on the famous pianist/composer Franz Liszt, which has been a resource for college professors,[citation needed] music students and the music-loving public since 1998. The site likewise displayed DiSilvio’s prose and poetry. Other literary works by DiSilvio have been published in print and online.
As a new media developer DiSilvio produced the first interactive educational CD-ROM on autism.[citation needed]
Previous to his art and new media career DiSilvio founded a construction company that designed and built many of his creative architectural designs throughout Long Island and Manhattan, New York.
