THE VANITY of DIAZ
AN ASSORTMENT OF ARTWORK
Topeka Today
2024
Mixed Media Collage on Paper
24 x 18 inches
Submission for NOTO Mural Billboard Project sponsored by Shawnee Parks and Recreation in Topeka, Kansas.
Ikebana NO.1
2023
Mixed Media on Mixed Media Artboard
16 x 12 inches
Ikebana NO.2
2023
Mixed Media on Mixed Media Artboard
16 x 12 inches
INVENTED LANDSCAPE NO.3
2022
Acrylic Paint on Paper
22x 28 inches
INVENTED LANDSCAPE NO.1
2022
Acrylic Paint on Paper
22x 28 inches
This is another busy summer for me. Once more, I am having to focus my energy elsewhere but it's important that I do. I am beginning to feel a bit depressed not feeling like I have time to create, so instead of making a big production, I plan on spending 1 to 2 hours a day painting invented landscapes. This will allow me to be creative, do something for myself, then get back to the books. Let's see where this goes.
ACRYLIC ALLEY SCENE
2021
Acrylic Paint on Masonite Board
60 x 60 inches (5 x5 feet)
I don't normally do works on commission. The pressure is too much. I get concerned that the folks asking me for a specific painting won't be too pleased. After all, we all have our own style and technique. Luckily, the person asking was happy with this one!
LAST CHRISTMAS BUK-KAW!
2021
Mixed Media on Paper
8.5 x 11 inches
This year my holiday theme inspiration is inspired by the 1984 album Last Christmas by Wham!
FLAMINGO HOLIDAY
2020
Ink and Mixed Media on Paper
20 x 16 inches
This illustration was selected for showcasing and invited to the Exhibition 2021-2022 XMAS International Exhibition. The exhibition is live at the below link: https://www.exhibizone.com/xmas2021
MONSTER MASH
2020
Ink and Mixed Media on Paper
9 X 12 inches
Sauer Castle Trick or Treators
2020
Ink and Mixed Media on Paper
9 X 12 inches
This years Halloween themed illustrations were inspired by Sauer Castle in Kansas City, Kansas.
Sauer Castle Cat Witch
2020
Ink and Mixed Media on Paper
12 x 9 inches
FLUSHED CANOPY #2
2020
Mixed Media and Found Objects on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
Accepted to the Art for All exhibition in KCAC’s Main Gallery November 4 -30, 2020.
FLUSHED CANOPY
2020
Mixed Media and Found Objects on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
Summiting this along with some other pieces to Graceful Arts Gallery in Alva, OK.
Flushed Canopy won First Place at the Graceful Arts Gallery and Studies Biennial Juried Art Show 2020 in the drawing and mixed media category.
JUNE STORM on RED DIRT
2020
Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
18 x 24.5 inches
I'm not sure why I love adding these rounded bumps onto my work. Some where in Utah or Nevada, or maybe both you can find petroglyphs of abstract grids of dots left behind from the ancient Americans, so I like to believe that I am a reincarnation of a fellow who left behind such symbols.
AMERICA, WE HAVE a PROBLEM
Pen and Ink with Transfer Collage on 16x20 Paper
2020
This piece has been accepted to the UMass Fine Arts Center for the 2020 Breathing While Black juried digital visual art exhibit hosted by Augusta Savage Gallery.
This collage is to represent the American people protesting against police brutality. America, we have a problem. Good cop or bad cop, we need to recognize that racism remains pervasive today; the evidence is clear, as the American people are being maimed and murdered by those with an abundance of force but a dearth of brotherly love. I thought we were a country that despised Nazis? We need a leader who values humanity rather than encourages divisive behavior.
On November 3rd, 2020, I was asked to be interviewed for this piece by Dutch culture magazine, VPRO Mondo. The article Four Artists About America features this collage along with three other artists.
COOOP of SOONERS
2020
Ink and Mixed Media on Paper
9 x 12 inches
School Bunny, 2020 Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper, 9 x 12 inches
School Mice, 2020 Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper 9 x 12 inches
CARBON COPY of SEOUL
2019
Transfer and Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
COOP of METS
2019
Ink and Mixed Media on Paper
9 x 12 inches
A gift for Pete Leon who wonderfully survived cancer.
My favorite part is the Converse shoes, specifically the detail of the stitching. I would love to illustrate shoes for company ads. I think Warhol started out doing that? I can’ t remember. But I do think one of his first pro gigs was illustrating for a shoe ad. I’ll have to research.
RED ONION
2007-2008
Watercolor and Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
8.5 x 10 inches
Mummy!
2018
Ink and Mixed Media on Cardboard
BLACK CAT and JACK-O-LANTERN
Ink and Mixed Media on Cardboard
2018
NEW YEAR, 2018
2018
Ink and Mixed Media on Cardboard
SCHOOL SNOWMEN
2017-2018
Ink and Mixed Media on Cardboard
A gift to my principal of many years.
CHRISTMAS
ROOSTER
ROOSTER
2018
Ink and Mixed Media on Cardboard
BELLISSIMO
Photo Transfer and Acrylic on Canvas
This was accepted for an exhibition in 2008. I had been talking to a guy who was a nursing student at the time. My talks with him inspired me to take a photo of him operating a syringe. It might have also been an excuse to see him.
I dropped off this piece at Allied Arts in Downtown OKC before I left for Korea. I don’t even remember the title of the event. I was too lazy to go back and retrieve it. Those days, the economy was crap and I didn’t know what to do with my life. I wonder what happened to this thing.
IN HONOR of T.C.
2020
Acrylic on Paper
22.5 x 30 inches
WORLD VIEW
2018
Mixed Media on Canvas
9 x 12 inches
Accepted to the Art for All exhibition in KCAC’s Main Gallery November 4 -30, 2020.
Donated to KCAC's Annual Auction on February 27th, 2021.
WILD HEAVEN ABOVE SWARD
2017
Mixed Media on Canvas
20 x 16 inches
SNOWY MONSTER HOLIDAY
2017
Ink and Mixed Media on Cardboard
SUMMER NIGHT OWLS
2016
Ink and Mixed Media on Cardboard
8.5 x 11 inches
This was made as a gift for my friend Brian Mayernick. I didn't even bother to document it well. After nearly seven years of giving up on art, due to a bit of depression and feelings of failure, these drawings of owls and other birds in my sketchbook brought me back into my craft. It's one of my favorites! It reminds me of those great gatherings those summer nights in Weatherford, OK.
KNOCK, KNOCK!
2017
Photo Transfer on Canvas
8 x 10.5 inches
NICO
2007
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
48 x 48 inches
521 HUBER
2007
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
48 x 48 inches
606 FRISCO AVE.
Photo Transfer and Plaster on Masonite.
Lost during display at coffee shop.
RED and BLUE
Photo Transfer and Wax on Paper and Masonite
2006
ROOSTER #1
Print and Mixed Media on Paper
Gifted to Ms. Alice Ann. My collage neighbor's mom and friend who was there for me when I was in a bit of a depression. There are angels here on earth to save us. Thank you AA.
ROOSTER #2
Gifted to follow college mate and friend.
HIPSTERS
2017
Ink and Mixed Media on Cardboard Paper
DON'T YOU JUST LOVE NEW YEARS?
2017
Ink and Mixed Media on Cardboard Paper
SUMMER ACCESSORY
2017
Acrylic and Ink on Cardboard
An EIGHTH STREET in OKLAHOMA
2018
Transfer and Wall Joint on Masonite
17 x 24 inches