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Chicago designer, Sharon DeLaCruz,
uses an inspiring theme, Choose Success, Never Give Up.
Perfect gifts for all occasions. Come see her unique fabric art display and demonstration of her artisan skills at the Mint Boutique on Saturday/Sunday, July 19-20. The designer creates one-of-a-kind colorful scarves and hand-stitched fabric wall hangings, decorated with her imaginative style of black-line drawings.

Meet the Artist Sharon DeLaCruz, who will be selling 2 days only. Art pieces for sale: designer scarves made all natural cotton or wool, organic cotton bags decorated with her own original artwork, art cards/postcards and one-of-a-kind mini quilted fabric wall hangings. Products prices range from $30., $45.00 to $350. and surprise give-aways with special purchases.

Titles of the one-of-a-kind mini wall hangings:
Dreams Come True.
A young girl stares up into the sky following her dreams.
Wall hanging, mixed media technique-18”x21.5”

Inner Strength. Meditating figure, protect the inner world - a message against stress. Wall hanging, mixed media technique-17”x17.5”

Women Talk. Women talking about important matters.
Wall hanging, mixed media technique-18”x21”

Other titles: The Garden, Transformation, The Edge and etc.

The Event, the 40th Annual Sheffield Garden Walk, expects 35,000 people to enjoy this amazing summer festival / garden walk / galleries / architecture / live bands / beer festivity / awesome food & entertainment,
on July 19 (11:00-5:00) and July 20 (12:00-5pm), 2008.

Sharon DeLaCruz’ brings a multi-cultural background to her work after traveling and exhibiting worldwide. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, educated in France and Sweden, graduated with honors, Magna Cum Laude in Fine Arts/Graphic Design, with a minor in Psychology from Washington State University. She has traveled extensively in Central Europe, the Middle East. the Mediterranean, Japan, Indonesia, Nepal, Mexico and South America. In addition to her multi discipline techniques, she has evolved a simple philosophy about color , incorporating it into all her work – “All colors, even the ‘ugly’ colors can be beautiful when used elegantly. There are no ugly colors”. In the mid 1980s she made her home in Chicago where the abundance of different cultures made a world traveler feel at home.

The Event, the 40th Annual Sheffield Garden Walk, expects 35,000 people to enjoy this amazing summer festival / garden walk / galleries / architecture / live bands / beer festivity / awesome food & entertainment,
on July 19 (11:00-5:00) and July 20 (12:00-5pm), 2008.

2. Contact information
Mint Boutique owner, Melissa Tierney promotes Chicago local artist display in front of her popular Chicago shop at 2150 N. Seminary Ave. for a two day sales/demonstration to celebrate the 40th Annual Sheffield Garden Walk.

Contacts
Mint Boutique mintboutique@yahoo.com 773-322-2944
SheffieldWalk http://sheffieldfestivals.org/index.htm
Sharon DeLaCruz Sharon.a.delacruz@usa.net 773-784-0736 www.mycreativemoments.com 

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In conjunction with her private showings and commissions,
54 Traumas is a self-promoting autobiography. 54 Traumas
was created by Chicago based Fiber artist, Sharon DeLaCruz
a work-in-progress Fine Art book with a fantasy flair that
comes with strong kick of reality in it.

Following in the path of predecessors such as Tjeerd Ackema, Sweden’s and Amsterdam’s leading artist/illustrator, her history includes studies with renowned artists in Europe, including Erte, Lebadang and exhibiting her work in both European and local galleries.

Sharon's work exudes a whimsical fantasy and yet serious undertone regarding the controversial denial state of inner disillusionment.
Often flirtatious and subtly sensual, her images strike us
by their strong graphic aesthetic and powerfully detailed illustrative qualities. Her passion for the fiber arts captures the reflections
of her worldly travels in a unique manner, but above all display
the mastery of drawing and composition.

As a compliment to current works, her illustrative autobiography was created in reaction to the invisible lack of inner peace she observed in people. The 54 Traumas is an inspiring, blatant account of herself exposed from the inside out. It focuses on the awareness of self-criticism that seems to be an epidemic worldwide. Intended publication 2007.

The artist meets the public during her rare two-day Quilt displays presented bi-annually in the atrium center at the Illinois State building, James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph St. Currently showing June 14-15, 2006.

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