Bring the Architectural Beauty of Rhode Island to Your Home

Gentle colors. Sturdy lines. Proud and elegant facades. The artwork of Adam J. Carriuolo looks like tourism posters from another century, where Victorian mansions mingle with star-studded skies, and the flaming braziers of WaterFire glow beneath the stoic face of the Turk’s Head. But Carriuolo is very much a 21st-century artist, living and working in Rhode Island – and his primary occupation, believe it or not, is developing art designs for video games.

A native of Brockton, Massachusetts, Carriuolo has spent much of his professional life in the Boston area. But his series of vintage-style prints depicts scenes in Rhode Island, particularly our historic architecture; subjects include the Vernon Court mansion in Newport, the Colonial houses of Wickford, and The Towers in Narragansett. Each silkscreen print is handmade and rendered in seven or eight colors; sizes and shapes vary considerably, depending on the subject. Since the printing process is labor-intensive, copies aren’t always available. But with landscapes this dreamy, an original Carriuolo is worth the wait. Browse his collection of prints at AdamJCarriuolo.com.