Charles Dickson

Charles Dickson is a divinely inspired, self-taught artist, sculptor, and designer for over 65 years. He was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles to imaginative, working-class parents. His father was a master baker, and his mother was an interior decorator. After watching a neighbor use a penknife to carve and create a wooden toy knife, he became curious about the possibilities of repurposing one material into another. At the age of five, he began whittling wood under the blankets at night, and his mother would find him asleep in the shavings the following day. He carved small pieces of wood creating knives, Tiki heads, and toys. He was also very interested in aircraft and began carving out airplanes and studying books to duplicate different designs.

The Dickson Studio