About the Artist, Steve Dellicarpini

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Steve Dellicarpini

A lot of my work is an interpretation of imagery, objects, and experiences encountered during my travels. These interpretations can manifest in either fantastical or realistic ways. This process leads to wildly different pieces in a variety of materials. Recently, I have been casting in bronze and incorporating dissimilar metals to create contrast and interest. For me, sculpting is my souvenir, combining my experiences and memories of a time spent somewhere into a physical artifact.

Just a cool outdoor area at Mission San Jose, in San Antonio, Texas

I've seen some pretty amazing stuff, but flames the size of the earth erupting from the surface of the sun takes the cake! You could see them with your bare eye! #eclipseroadtrip #eclipse2024

2500 miles later and I inadvertently turned my radiator into a lepidopterarium. I think most of these are Texas' finest. #roadtrip #butterflies

The Four Amigos crossing the Rio Grande. After sunset the rancher came to round them up and take them home but they refused and any time he got close they went out in the water.

This was unreal! 10 minutes after the previous photo. #eclipseroadtrip

One of the most all encompassing sunsets of my life just happened.

In honor of Dune Part 2 coming out, here are a couple of shots from our trip out to the Sahara a few years ago. Even spotted some Muad'Dib tracks! #sahara #dune #muaddib

While we were down in Tucson 2 weeks ago for the gem, mineral and fossil shows, we took a detour down to the last intact Titan missile silo. While all other sites were destroyed and filled in, this one became a museum and the missile is just an empty shell. The Titan I and Titan II ICBM's were all decommissioned in the mid 80's and repurposed as satellite launch rockets among other things. #roadtrip

Drove through Saguaro NP on the way to Tucson for the gem/mineral/fossil show. It is nice to get away from the rainpocalypse for a bit not gonna lie.

I'm finally getting around to prepping out some of the fish we dug up in Wyoming last summer. Check out the maw on this big ole Phareodus encaustus! The Paraeodus was a mostly solitary fresh water fish that existed 52 million years ago. Believability, they are a relative of the arowana, those fish you see in pet stores that they have to separate from other fish so they don't eat them. This fish was probably close to 2 feet long and could easily take a finger off! #fossiladdict #fossilpreparation

This bird was adamant on telling us how much it needed a piece of our blueberry muffin! It would have taken it right out of my hand for sure. #squawwww!

I do love some Maui time!

Some pretty tight stonework from the year 850. The pueblos of the southwest are quite the structures. This kind of work is impressive today let alone 1200 years ago! #roadtrip #vanlife #chacocanyon #pueblobonito

Taking the scenic way home yielded a chance encounter with a place I have always wanted to visit, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Very Large Array. I assumed I would only get to check it out from a distance, but they are very welcoming to visitors! There is a great walking tour through some pieces and out next to one of the dishes. #roadtrip #vanlife #verylargearray

Finally crunched the 1200 stills for this time lapse! Shot with a Fuji X-T4 and the XF 150-600 @ 600mm with a homemade Thousand Oaks Optical solar filter. #solareclipse2023 #ringoffireeclipse #valleyofthegods #roadtrip #vanlife #timelapse #sun