Born April 12, 1948 in Rome, Dario started to sketch as a very young child. At the age of six, his talent for art was encouraged with the gift of a small set of watercolors from an uncle, himself a painter. When he was 14, Dario was bedridden with a kidney ailment for three months, and his father gave him his first set of oil paints to cheer him up. As soon as he began to work with them, there was a sense of familiarity, of being able to easily express himself in this medium. After graduating with honors from an industrial design course, Dario spent time concentrating on painting in a classical style, mostly still lifes.
At the age of eighteen, Dario had the good fortune to meet Giorgio de Chirico, the Italian master of metaphysical art. Dario showed him some of his paintings and asked if he should attend art school. De Chirico counseled the young painter to simply experiment and continue discovering his own techniques. He continued to work full time on his art and by the time that he was twenty, he was successfully exhibiting his paintings in the Galleria Esedera in Rome and attracting the attention of international collectors.
After moving to Los Angeles in 1973, Dario experienced great commercial success and explored new directions in his work. He began to experiment in clay sculpture, cast paper sculpting, and cast paper bas relief. In 1986, after working in Los Angeles for over a decade, Dario was chosen from hundreds of artists to create the 75th Anniversary Logo for Paramount Studios. His beautiful design of the famous mountain symbol is seen on every Paramount publication today.
Today, Dario's paintings are shown at many fine art galleries across the United States, including Windsor Fine Art in New Orleans. "My main goal," says the artist, "is to be able to express my true soul and continue my journey by taking risks and always allowing myself to explore new visions."
