Rich DiSilvio (born 1957 in New York, USA) is a new media developer, artist, author, and architectural designer. He is noted in the print editions of Decor magazine as well as online by Guitar 9 and several art galleries for his surreal fantasy illustrations and he creates works in the role of photographer, fine artist and digital artist. His album cover artwork for the music industry can be seen at major music stores, such Tower Records, CD Universe [1] and others. DiSilvio's historical book, The Winds of Time, has received favorable reviews in Primo magazine and by other publications, such as the "Golden Lion" published by the Order of the Sons of Italy, by John La Corte PhD Professor Emeritus at California State University, and on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com by the general public.
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After graduating college DiSilvio studied under Harold Stevenson, a protege of Norman Rockwell, at the The Stevenson Academy of Fine Arts.[2] 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 and he subsequently founded Digital Vista, inc. In 1998 DiSilvio was interviewed by The New York Times regarding his web services.[3] 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, such as those listed on Artist Direct,[4] fine art prints and giclees on canvas under DV Fine Art, and his most recent endeavor of book publishing under DV Books.
DiSilvio spent a little over four and a half years (September 2003 until April 2008) writing The Winds of Time: An Analytical Study of the Titans Who Shaped Western Civilization.
Rich DiSilvio's illustrative work has adorned the projects of Pink Floyd, Yes, The Moody Blues, Yngwie Malmsteen, Cher, Crowbar, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson and many other performers. He has done music related projects for BMG, Eagle Rock Entertainment, Koch, E1 Entertainment, Blue Storm Music, In De Goot and other labels. His illustration and animation skill sets were utilized to conceive and develop creative animated advertisements, such as the 3D rendered, surreal landscape for Yes[5] and the pyramids on the moon for Pink Floyd.[6] DiSilvio has also created fantasy and sci-fi book covers, such as the Clark Ashton Smith series for Wildside Press, "Sam’s Quest for the Crimson Crystal" for Black Hawk Press, as well as fine art prints and giclees on canvas that range from traditional/contemporary to ultra-surreal in style.
As an author, DiSilvio has written about the Western world in his book "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.
"The Winds of Time" is available in major book stores, such as Barnes and Noble, Borders, Amazon.com etc.
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 programmed and published an interactive educational CD-ROM on autism, which was released on October 19, 1999.[7]