Reception of His Work
"He's an outstanding artist," says LeRoy Neiman, who has served as a mentor of sorts to De La Vega. "I have quite a few people come up out of the blue and show their work. And his was outstanding. I allowed myself to become familiar with it, and the development was phenomenal."
In July 2003, De La Vega was charged with vandalism for a mural he painted on a blank wall in the Bronx. He was offered one year’s probation in exchange for a guilty plea, but he refused to say he caused “damage” to the property and thus sentenced to 50 hours of community service.l
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