biography

The creation of curved lines and planes into a pleasing three dimensional composition has become my hallmark as a sculptor.  My sensibilities are 
naturallyinclined toward exploring these shapes and ideas.  The subject matter I explore emerges from my desire to see light playing on these varying 
surfaces thatI create.  I'm also a musician and so sometimes one discipline will merge and affect the way I approach and view the other.   I feel that 
these harmonious balances are represented in my new work.

I'm a product of the mid-western United States, Minneapolis Minnesota was my last address "back east".  
All of my serious work as an artist has been here in San Francisco, where I have lived and worked since 1975.  
During that time I have experienced many different uses for my talents in a wide variety of places both visually 
and musically.
  
My work as a fine arts sculptor is overshadowed occasionally by my work in feature films and television projects 
as art director, sculptor or both.  I try to not make distinctions between these worlds, instead choosing to shift 
gears betweenthem as efficiently as possible.  

Design, regardless of the medium, is as important to me as any sculpting technique I might employ.  Whether 
it is an advertising layout, a new web site, a scale model to be used in a film or sculpting a form out of clay, good 
design is always in my mind.

The subject matter I choose to do when I sculpt often tends to be figurative.  I enjoy talking about humanity in my 
art.  The small, human, things we do daily are often the most poignant and elegant of our activities.  In my work 
I try to capture the elegance that we all express in our everyday actions as we go through life's many challenges.  
There is no greater drama than that which people face everyday.  I'm constantly surprised and amazed by the dignity 
expressed in the performance of people while they work, regardless of the type of work.  Observing people in the act 
of working is, to me, seeing them at their most pure state.  Ideally we difine our work but sometimes it defines us, 
and that is when I try to enter the picture by observing and then recording these events in one of many different 
mediums


Bonita DeCarlo is the other half of DeCarlo Studio since it's beginning. Here are a few of the past accomplishments of Bonita DeCarlo, click on these feature film titles: The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach and Monkeybone The creation of curved lines and planes into a pleasing three dimensional composition has become my hallmark as a sculptor. My sensibilities are naturallyinclined toward exploring these shapes and ideas. The subject matter I explore emerges from my desire to see light playing on these varying surfaces thatI create. I'm also a musician and so sometimes one discipline will merge and affect the way I approach and view the other. I feel that these harmonious balances are represented in my new work. I'm a product of the mid-western United States, Minneapolis Minnesota was my last address "back east". All of my serious work as an artist has been here in San Francisco, where I have lived and worked since 1975. During that time I have experienced many different uses for my talents in a wide variety of places both visually and musically. My work as a fine arts sculptor is overshadowed occasionally by my work in feature films and television projects as art director, sculptor or both. I try to not make distinctions between these worlds, instead choosing to shift gears betweenthem as efficiently as possible. Design, regardless of the medium, is as important to me as any sculpting technique I might employ. Whether it is an advertising layout, a new web site, a scale model to be used in a film or sculpting a form out of clay, good design is always in my mind. The subject matter I choose to do when I sculpt often tends to be figurative. I enjoy talking about humanity in my art. The small, human, things we do daily are often the most poignant and elegant of our activities. In my work I try to capture the elegance that we all express in our everyday actions as we go through life's many challenges. There is no greater drama than that which people face everyday. I'm constantly surprised and amazed by the dignity expressed in the performance of people while they work, regardless of the type of work. Observing people in the act of working is, to me, seeing them at their most pure state. Ideally we difine our work but sometimes it defines us, and that is when I try to enter the picture by observing and then recording these events in one of many different mediums