Of Fondi." The 8-foot-tall bronze sculpture of a woman with a child on her lap now adorns a city park. And in 1990, his hometown celebrated the arrival of one of DiCicco's most inspired works - "Mother and Child Last October, he received the ItalianTV/Radiocorrie (TV/Radio news) award for the arts, in recognition of a life devoted to painting and sculpting. In his Italian homeland, however, DiCicco is known as an artist. In America, he is more famous for his pizza than for his paintings. Overpowering in size and yet as gentle as the touch of a mother holding her child.
Outside on the patio, under a blue tarp which has shielded them from the rain, are the sculptures. The subjects - religious, human, emotional - read like a road map of the artist's soul. Walk slowly around the darkened interior, and the deep colors of the oil paintings blend together. And the achievements of a lifetime's labor cover the walls of his restaurant. And, by his own account, it has made the one-time dishwasher a wealthy man.īut his avocation? That's art. Running the restaurant is DiCicco's vocation. On weekend nights, the place is packed, buzzing with conversation and activity. Not with heavy machinery, but with a sculptor's sharp chisel.ĭiCicco is the owner of Teo's Mia Roma, a popular Italian restaurant in Kenmore. Not with concrete and mortar, but with subtle strokes of a fine-haired paintbrush. For more than two decades, Teo DiCicco has been rebuilding Rome.
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