In His Own Words...
My very early life living with mom on the East Side of Lower Harlem in New York City was very easy, involving a local murder or two, and forever an adventure. Recalling this sounds like Charles Dickens: the cobblestone pavers on Second Avenue, the old Italian women with their toy shovels and pails picking up manure from under the horse-drawn carts. read more.
Mario's Art by Genre
Mario Rivoli is a New York artist who lived in Denver for 35 years, an artist of wide-ranging creativity, comfortable working with a variety of artistic media. In addition to his drawings, paintings, and posters, and book illustrations, he was a brilliant creator of sculptural assemblages which often marry both two- and three-dimensional elements within the same piece. His beaded flower constructions and floral arrangements transformed this one-time kitsch activity into an art of sophisticated elegance.