Santa Monica Artist Daniel Alonzo, 60, honor's his family with a Dia de Muertos Altar at the Santa Monica Library on Thursday, November 2, 2017.
Daniel Alonzo is an artist whose works capture the natural beauty and feelings of his native Santa Monica. Daniel Alonzo is a second generation Santa Monica native whose works mostly depict the landscapes and seascapes of this place he calls home. He is the son of a Mexican Immigrant and a descendent of the "Casillas Family," an old and very large Santa Monica Pioneer family that originally settled in the city at about the turn of the last century.
Daniel is a graduate of Santa Monica High School, class of 1975.