“Mother Birds”, 2023

Birds silhouettes sweep across curved glass, evoking migration, care, and resilience. Light animates the surface, turning architecture into a meditation on nurturing as a shared structure of belonging across species and generations.

Photography: Mark Greenberg Photo

“Crossing Paths”, 2025

“Crossing Paths” evokes the rhythms of movement and encounter, where layered forms of desert life intertwine to suggest both fleeting crossings and enduring connections, reflecting on how environments—natural and human—interweave to shape a shared landscape of memory and belonging.

Photo credit: Michael Tessler Photography LLC

“Animals at Play”, 2020

The ceramic mural Animals at Play animates a dreamlike landscape of native Colorado flora and fauna drawn from the center’s programs. Installed at the entrance of the Animal Health Complex within the National Western Center, the work celebrates the connection between research, education, and the living world it studies.

Photography: Third Dune Productions

“Bronx: Heart, Homeland”, 2015

Bronx: Heart, Homeland explores place, culture, and identity through eight stainless steel panels installed at a Bronx subway station. Silhouetted figures engaged in daily life—skateboarding, selling books, walking—are interwoven with the neighborhood's infrastructure: subway lines, electrical cables, telephone poles.

“Along Woodhaven boulevard”‍ ‍

The artwork features silhouette landscapes intricately sculpted onto steel panels. Each panel represents the rich history of Woodhaven's community, architecture, and transportation, as well as the diverse cultural fabric of Queens Borough.

Photography: Etienne Frossard

“Dreamscapes of the West”, 2023

Dreamscapes of the West by DeCarvalho honors Bernard DeVoto, "Utah's most accomplished writer," and his advocacy for preserving the American West. Inspired by Utah’s landscapes, the two-panel artwork will be installed on 25th Street and Monroe Boulevard, near DeVoto’s childhood home. Reflecting his love for untouched wilderness, the piece pays tribute to his efforts to protect natural habitats and biodiversity.

"The Sun Also Rises" , 2023

The Sun Also Rises consists of asphalt paint on pavement covering approximately 5,000 square feet. The work transforms the urban surface into a radiant field symbolizing renewal and impermanence. The rising sun evokes the passage of time and the enduring hope of new beginnings—motifs that recur throughout my practice. Commissioned by the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT).

“Cycles of Life” , 2019

Commission agency: NYC Health + Hospitals Arts & Medicine Program and Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund’s Arts in Health

“Urban Nature”, 2016

“Urban Nature” explores the interplay between urban life and the natural world. The work bridges the borough’s architecture and vitality with its surrounding landscape, revealing how poetry, city, and ecology converge in a single, living rhythm.