Career
His work has been exhibited worldwide and has been published in Los Angeles times, New York Times, Juxtapoz, High Fructose, and Low Rider Magazine, and four personal art books He is currently writing music with Crystal Radio. The multi-platinum band P.O.D. commissioned Diaz to design and paint the cover of their self-titled album Payable on Death.
The album went gold in four weeks and caused a controversy across the country due to the cover artwork Diaz created.
In 2010, he designed and painted the cover of Good Charlotte"s album, Cardiology. "One of my earliest memories as a child was the way death and religion played an important role in my family’s life.
My parents were born in Mexico with traditional beliefs, and their beliefs made their way into my subconscious. The fact that many of those beliefs seemed to render no logical explanation has also influenced medical
These unanswered questions find a home in my work, which evokes the mystery, fear and irony of those vivid memories of my past
I do not claim to understand these questions. I just paint and let them reveal themselves to medical " - Daniel Martin Diaz.