LET IT BE KNOWN

Well the time is coming and coming very soon for my upcoming show at Known Gallery in Los Angeles. I will be having a solo show along side Patrick Martinez on June 16th. I will include more details later but for now please mark your calendars and tell a friend.  Below is a picture taken of the Sesame Street show from this past weekend courtesy of Brandon Shigeta. The fundraiser was a huge success THANK YOU to all attended and helped with spreading the word. 

SNEAK PEEK

Here is a little glimpse of what I will have on display for the show tomorrow at Known Gallery. The private opening for the show will be this Friday April 27th between 8pm -11p and the public opening will be Saturday from 6pm - 11pm. The Gallery will be open all day on Sunday from 11am to 8pm. Please remember to tell a friend or anyone who might be interested in seeing great work and supporting a great cause.

FOR THE KIDS

This weekend is the Sesame Street group show at Known Gallery. This show is a fundraiser to benefit the City of Hope's paediatric department and since my wife and many close friends of mine work in the medical field I hear many stories about what patients go through on a daily basis when challenged with a medical condition. I know that there are many others out there who need help as well but having worked with youth for over 10 years I feel a responsibility to support this cause. The show runs through this weekend only and will have a opening reception Friday night. Hope to see you all there and please support this cause in any way possible. Thank you

SHOP RAW GOODS

The good folks at shop shoprawgoods.com were kind enough to stock some prints that I have for sale. Raw Goods carries a variety of creative products that suit everyone's needs (peep the light cube). You can check out the shop and purchase the print HERE. Enjoy the weekend everyone I will be in HOT ASS Fresno. 

LOVE FROM THE BEAST

Pen & Paper is a fairly new section created by Brandon Shigeta of HYPEBEAST which gives the world a look into the sketch books of artists from all around. Im not sure if Brandon is a fan of my work or I just happened to be at the right place at the right time (chillin at Patrick Martinez's studio one weekend with a few other heads talking and painting) but it's an honor to take part of P&P. It happened very causally while working on a piece for the upcoming show at KNOWN GALLERY Brandon asked if he could take some pics of pages in my sketchbook for a project he is working on for HB. I want to thank him for the chance to share my random thoughts with everyone and cant wait to see what other artist jump on bard in the future. Brandon I now owe you a trip and drinks at one tweezy for this one. Click HERE to view the write up.

DESIGN24

The good folks at Design24 just released a very limited (only 10) print that I designed for their show last Saturday.  This print is a magnified page out of my sketchbook which gave it a grainy textured look. Some of you asked me how to get your hands on one so here ya go! The print can be seen and purchased on their blog HERE. There are other artist who have prints for sale on the site as well so check it out and don't sleep on this.  

HEY LADIES!

As some of you may know by now I have been working on a jewelry line for the past year. It has taken some time to get everything right but the response has been great to all of you showing interest. While I still have to perfect a ton of things I figured I would share with you all the process. Im not sure if I will be selling these samples before the release date but you will see them around as I have been giving them to the lady friends I have. Getting feedback on what to fix or color suggesting is what its all about and I thank you all for the help. If you are interested in supporting this project please contact me via email and I will let you know when they will be released. If you are a person who makes jewelry or know somebody who can help me out please contact me as I am looking around for a source. Follow me on FB or Instagram @aarondelacruz to see more process pics. Click on the image below for a nice surprise.

EDUMACTION

If you have time to kill take a few minutes (or many more) out of your day to check this list out. Over all Complex did a good job at creating this list (must have been hard as hell). Definitely some good brain food to munch on here. Oh yea and CONGRATS to Patrick Martinez for making the list you deserve it homie.  

DELA SHOP

Okay well thanks to Instagram and everyone else who has been asking how they can purchase my work (I really, really appreciate the encouragement) I have made an attempt to create a shop section on my site which you can visit HERE. I will only have a few pieces listed for now just to see how it goes and build from there but check in from time to time as I will update often. I usually announce news to my fans first so if you are not on my mailing list and would like to be added please click on the E.MAIL section to do so. More to come very soon and wish me luck! 

DLC CRIBS

In this episode of DLC cribs we visit the home of Adam and Yvonne of San Francisco where I just finished painting their hallway.  This wall project has been in the making for the past two years now and I honestly think that the moment for it to finally happen was timed just right (congratulations you two!). Adam an industrial designer for IDEO who has helped create many things we use on a daily basis (tic-tac containers being one of them) is aslo apart of IDEO.ORG a new non profit that currently works in other countries helping out the less fortunate. Yvonne, a multi talented artist specializing in wood furniture creates some of the higest quality stools using no screws or metal. Together they run a design company called NewFactory and have an awesome garden (now with chickens!) in their backyard. For some random reason I watched the Charles and Ray Eames movie last night and realized that Adam and Yvonne share the same chemistry and passion for design and nature as the Eames's. It's a great feeling when people let you paint whatever you want with no questions asked (thank you), I remember doing commission projects and telling myself "I would never do another commission piece in my life" after dealing with certain jerks, but you live and you learn right?