Celebrating the life and art of
Salvatore
Pecoraro
1936–2025
about
Salvatore Pecoraro was an American painter, sculptor, and longtime art educator whose career in the San Francisco Bay Area spanned more than six decades. He became known for innovative series like 1970’s “365 Skies,” large‑scale geometric sculptures, and illusionistic constructions. His work is in numerous corporate, private, and museum collections across California and beyond.
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Spanning more than seven decades, Salvatore Pecoraro’s work traces an evolving exploration of color, form, material, landscape, and abstraction.
Sal was showing leadership and drive even in high school. “In the summer of 1952 I won a scholarship to CCAC through the Latham Foundation for my poster of a German Shepard titled Be Kind to Animals. It was for two watercolor classes for six weeks. George Post was the instructor. ...A watercolor I painted in that class...was published in The Arts & Crafts Review the following year.” –SP
An early gallery show, November 1967.
Gallery show, 1976.
Sal working on the massive Campobello di Mazara piece in Pietrasanta, Italy. The finished monumental piece was a private commission for a residence in Blackhawk, CA, in 1987.
La Vita E Una Fontana, lit up at night, at De Anza College in Cupertino, CA, installed 1990–1991.
The artist in his home studio, Studio Campobello, in front of his 1st Encore series, started in the early 2000s.
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Discover the bodies of work Salvatore Pecoraro developed across his career, tracing recurring ideas, materials, techniques, and experiments as they evolved over time.
