[10] While studying at the Slade, De la Cruz removed the stretcher bar of a painted canvas.
"[12] Her work, treating paintings as a three-dimensional object rather than a two-dimensional representation, follows a tradition that includes the spatialism of Lucio Fontana in the 1940s.
[13] Her 1995 work Ashamed, is a small straw-yellow painting, broken in half, which is exhibited wedged into a corner between two gallery walls.
[17] Ready to Wear (1997–2003) is series of red canvases, part-ripped from its frame, as if the painting were getting dressed.
[9] Some works since 2000 have incorporated objects, such as chairs, tables or wardrobes, sometimes adorned with broken canvases.
[20] In recent years de la Cruz has also used aluminium as a base material for her work.