Richard "CHiD" DiCarlo

Richard has been creating art since he was a young child. At age 6 he painted still- life watercolors and drew landscapes on torn opened, paper grocery bags because he used up so much paper. Throughout his youth, he attended many art classes in and out of school and experimented with the many different styles and mediums from sculpture to painting.

In 1984, Richard graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts. He began his professional career as an illustrator with an impressive list of clientele that included Bell Atlantic, Bristol Meyers Squibb, WCBS News Radio , WNEW FM and New York Magazine

In the mid 1990’s Richard headed the Graphic Artists Guild’s Cartoonist Alliance, (a national organization representing professional artists and ethical issues.)

Richard also illustrates for many major children’s publishers and performs the unusual task of “ghost illustrator” for master illustrator John Steven Gurney on Scholastic’s “ Bailey City Kids” , “Bailey City Monsters” and Random Houses’ “A to Z Mysteries Series”.

Richard’s work has also received many awards such as “ The New England Center for Creative Endeavors
Award of Distinction” and several Optima Design Awards for Illustration.

Richard is also the creator of “Urban Fossils” which are hand-sculpted images that are carved into the faces of bricks. The bricks were created in New York’s SOHO district back in 1989. The original bricks featured New York City landmarks and sold in many galleries and gift shops. They received much acclaim, appearing in many magazines and newspapers. Special edition “Urban Fossils” were presented to
Broadway stage actors upon leaving their stage runs so they can take a little piece of New York home with them. Today, Richard creates his “Urban Fossils” out of his Connecticut Studio and sells them through various venues such as local craft fairs and The Connecticut Store in Waterbury.

tel: 203-732-0286
address: 325 Olivia Street , Derby, CT
email: STUDIOCHID@aol.com

blog: http://theurbanfossilbrickwerks.blogspot.com/