All of the artwork on this page has been created by LUIS DIAZ, who is our September 2009 Featured Artist.

Please visit Luis' art galleries at:

www.ldiazart.com and www.RabidArt.com

Feel free to email Luis at: artmail99@gmail.com

Luis Diaz

Artist Statement:

A professor in college once told me while critiquing my artwork, "You make people feel sane."

Since then, I never questioned why I think the way I do and paint the things I do. In my latest works, I create art that explores nostalgic childhood moments seen from my perspective today. This effect of looking back causes the scenes to have a chimerical quality. Political instability and other dangers plague this world parallel to our own. It is a response of knowing and not accepting human flaws based on greed and insensitivity to each other and nature....  society’s indifference to the struggling class. It’s a dreamer battling a cynic; an artist’s reflection of the times we live in today. Isn’t that what an artist is suppose to do?

Artist Bio

Luis Diaz has worked successfully as an illustrator. Working with publishers that include The Topps Company, IDW, Devil's Due, Bang Productions, Miami New Times, New York City's The Village Voice and WWE, Diaz has carved a niche in the commercial art world. This year his work has been featured in magazines like Corel Painter, Dangerous Ink and WeMerge. He's also been a part of ADAPT 2007-08, Ballistics Publishing and Spectrum Fantastic Art Annuals. Diaz also created over 40 paintings for the new Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky Packages. Last year he was named one of "Six Artists You Need To Know" by metromix.com and CITY LINK. He is currently working on paintings in his Miami, Florida studio.