Sergio Rodriguez Delgado sold his first sculpture in 1957, at age 6.
The piece, in part made from toilet paper and glue, depicted a bullfighter on tiptoe snapping a piece of cloth through the air.
“Pah! Pah!” he demonstrated, animatedly describing the scene with a napkin during an interview at Santa Fe’s Dos Amigos Sports Mexican Restaurant.
Sergio Rodriguez Delgado, 72, works on a mural at at Dos Amigos restaurant on Cerrillos Road on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 where restaurant owner Elder Guzmán has helped Sergio and is displaying over a dozen of his paintings. Sergio was homeless until Santa Fe business owner Javier Silva worked with other Santa Feans to host an “open house” event for the artist to help him get back on his feet.
Sergio Rodriguez Delgado, 72, pauses to talk about some of the projects he has worked on during his long career while working on a mural at at Dos Amigos restaurant on Cerrillos Road on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 where restaurant owner Elder Guzmán has helped Sergio and is displaying over a dozen of his paintings. Sergio was homeless until Santa Fe business owner Javier Silva worked with other Santa Feans to host an “open house” event for the artist to help him get back on his feet.
Sergio Rodriguez Delgado, 72, works on a mural at at Dos Amigos restaurant on Cerrillos Road on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 where restaurant owner Elder Guzmán has helped Sergio and is displaying over a dozen of his paintings. Sergio was homeless until Santa Fe business owner Javier Silva worked with other Santa Feans to host an “open house” event for the artist to help him get back on his feet.
