Ricco Gallery

Ricco has a his­tory of design­ing and cre­at­ing unique jew­elry designs that spans more than forty years. For nearly 20 years, until recently, he oper­ated his own jew­elry gallery in Shep­herd­stown, West Vir­ginia, a Wash­ing­ton, D.C.-Baltimore area his­toric town known for its large, cre­ative com­mu­nity of artists. Although the retail gallery is now closed, Ricco con­tin­ues to live and work in Shepherdstown.

His inspi­ra­tion as a jew­elry maker became clear in 1970 in San Fran­cisco, at the height of the hip­pie phe­nom­e­non. Like many other accom­plished artists, he got his start sell­ing his work on the street and in cer­tain areas around Fisherman’s Wharf. In later years, Ricco trav­eled and worked in many parts of the United States and abroad, includ­ing Wash­ing­ton, D.C., New York, Miami, Anthony, New Mex­ico, Skope­los, Greece, Madrid, Spain and Men­doza, Argentina.

These expe­ri­ences of many cul­tures and tra­di­tions, com­bined with his innate tal­ent for work­ing with all types of metal, gems and nat­ural mate­ri­als, con­tinue to inspire his cre­ation of one-of-a-kind  jew­elry pieces designed to become future fam­ily heirlooms.