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Designs by Sharon DeLaCruz
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Artist introduction
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Artist
Sharon DeLaCruz
Expands
into New Career :
1999 – 2000
Sitting in bed, staring at white sheets, I decided to awaken
to bright colors and imagined my white sheets as canvas awaiting
to be worked on. . .
Behind me was a history of world travel with my family, born
in Honolulu, Hawaii, educated in France and later graduating
with Presidential honors, Cum Laude in Fine Art and Graphic
Design at Washington State University.
While in Europe I toured and worked in Central European countries,
the Middle East and the Mediterranean; later traveling to Japan,
Indonesia and Nepal, constantly observing the richness of numerous
cultures in a nomadic lifestyle.
During the latter part of the 1970s, I continued my art studies
in Sweden for eight years with Tjeerd Ackema, (one of Sweden’s
leading artists and book illustrators and a favored student
of M. C. Escher and Erte) I met many of the leading artists
in Europe, Erte, among them and showed my work in local galleries
while living there.
Returning to the United States, I settled in Chicago, Illinois
in 1987. Working on projects for Sears, National Dairy Corporation,
Rubicon Films, Amway, Hyatt Travel etc; principal actress on
TV (Unsolved Mysteries) and commercials for Krafts, Motorola,
Citicorp, Kohler Corporation etc. I utilized her talents in
multiple fields.
I began to revive my childhood sewing skills and explored the
world of fabrics utilizing my strong art education to produce
exciting fiber arts.
It was a monumental step and a significant breakthrough when
I transcended the stereotype and applied my Fine Art skills
to a medium generally catagorized as traditional quilting or
craft. I completed mural sized textile arts which required 2,000
(+) hours. In the year 1999, I had already exhibited at a major
Chicago gallery displaying my work next to 68 other contemporary
Fine Artists.
This led to exhibits, commissions, and a revitalization of my
earlier artworks which I later integrated into my current web
designing and development.(Getting my story and work out to
the world, coming soon...I encourage color awareness. "all
colors can be beautiful especially, when ugly colors are used
elegantly". )
In addition to 26 years of art and design experience, what began
as an introductory course in computers at Truman College in
Chicago, Illinois led to a graduation and certification in web
site development.
I was highly recommended and accepted, in an accelerated computer
training program. This was a curriculum of high intensity learning
that put me on the cutting edge of technology by the year 2000.
(Follow up with story of starting and building a web development
company, coming soon...)
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