Meet Ericco

Born in Chicago Illinois, to multi-ethnic parents, of African American, American Indian and Jewish background, Ericco currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. An early recognition of artistic talent was encouraged and guided by his father, a trained artist, who allowed Ericco to observe his own work, while allowing him to experiment with dyeing fabrics and faux finishes well before even 7 years old. His mentoring and passion for all things art was encouraged and grew throughout these very formative years. Later he attended The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, working his way through school by doing window displays, along Chicago's Magnificent Mile. With a strong family support network that kept him active doing artistic odd jobs with faux finishing, murals and custom artwork, he was able to work in a career he loved from his pre-teens. He began meeting and accumulating creative high-end clients and landed his first big break working with Neiman Marcus, where his eye for aesthetics, color, trends and his steady hand with a brush, created a line of one-of-a-kind women's hand painted shoes. This custom line of fashion/art proved to be valuable ground work for perfecting his craft under high scrutiny and also led to a brief freelance design position in Alicante, Spain.   

Ericco soon landed a job in Los Angeles where he was introduced and exposed to, what was "then" an explosion in interior decorating and faux finishing. During this personal work interior renaissance, he established Ericco Studio. The business flourished and allowed him to add complementary design skills, experience and proficiency as an artist in this chosen field. While still in L.A., Ericco was initially brought in to match a color on a restored artifact for a high profile Art Restoration Co. It was there that he began a deeper training and appreciation of matching textures and colors. This experience led to work on priceless artifacts from museums and collectors from around the world, primarily working with natural clays, self-made custom paints, glues, earth pigments and more. Continued work, learning and experimentation with designer natural plasters combined with the use of cutting edge technology, lead him to collaborations with one of the countries leading architectural plaster companies out of Los Angeles. Keeping informed and up to date with the latest advances In all natural cement, plasters and paint products has kept Ericco Studio in demand. 

Ericco now travels the county, speaking, teaching, always learning and discovering new products, techniques and materials that enrich and elevate the design experience.  He has established a solid foundation in the home interior field and has since developed it to include architectural wall surface treatments, faux finishes, design, art direction, art space development, creative consulting and establishing his life long passion of creating a gallery of strong original contemporary art. A long list of celebrity clientele, award winning personalities, luminaries, movers and shakers in the art world, business and entertainment industry are named on his professional resume and continually developing. Ericco Studio creations and design talents are highly sought after and have been featured in numerous newspapers, magazines, and on television.   Ericco is passionate and dedicated to working with non-profits, companies and individuals that connect, encourage, empower and promote positivity through art.