__NOTOC__ Daniel Martin Diaz is an American artist and musician based in Tucson, Arizona.
The 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.P.O.D.'s 'Payable on Death' Goes Gold; Banned by Retailers In 2010, he designed and painted the cover of Good Charlotte's album, Cardiology.
Influences Diaz's influences include an eclectic mix from fantastical Mexican Retablos, mystical votive offerings, the Early Netherlandish painters, Gothic ornamentation, arcane religious sigils and medallions, alchemy, as well as symbolism culled from assorted secret societies such as The Rosicrucians.Raw Vision #68, Winter 2009/10
Music Diaz is a primary member of the bands Blind Divine (with singer Paula Catherine Valencia); Crystal Radio (with singer Amelia Poe), Trees Speak and Magick Knives.
Published works
Triginta Uno Dies: Thirty-One Drawings, Thirty-One Days. Los Angeles, California: La Luz de Jesus Press, 2004 Mysterium Fidei. Los Angeles, California: La Luz de Jesus Press, 2007 Anatomy of Sorrow. Los Angeles, California: La Luz de Jesus Press, 2011 Soul of Science. Tucson, Arizona: Mysticus Publishing, 2013 Soul Machine. Los Angeles, California: La Luz de Jesus Press, 2018
References
External links http://www.danielmartindiaz.com/ - Official website http://www.blinddivine.com/ - Blind Divine https://web.archive.org/web/20070613144344/http://beinart.org/artists/daniel-martin-diaz/ - Daniel Martin Diaz - Surreal Art Collective