Charlie Diaz owns and operates Casa Bella Studio, located in Los Angels. He successfully completed the TexSton Certification Course taught by Seattle Architectural Finishing Studio in Los Angles in 2005. Charlie’s technical skill and artistic talent make him a natural at decorative wall finishing.

On finding his way to this craft he says, “I started house painting back in 1985 in between tours in the music business just to make ends meet and man did I hate it!! I kept finding that (bleep) paint brush right back in my hands after every tour I did would end. I couldn’t wait to get back on the road again. After years and years of living in hotels and hectic touring schedules I was burned out and knew there had to be a better way. I realized that paintbrush was in my hand for a reason. It was an artist’s brush! I had some kind of weird awakening and realized there was more than just straight paint and that all those years of learning to paint houses was the biggest gift I could have gotten. I really knew paint. I started buying books on faux finishes. I worked with numerous artist and artisans and started developing my own finishes. my work became my play and I started accepting my inner artist, wow! Since then I started a company called CASA BELLA ARCHITECTURAL FINISHES. I wanted to create a place for artist and artisans to create their work and take it out into the community and have fun and make a living in doing so! Thanks to all of you guys at SAFS for teaching and creating this great art form so we can all find beauty in the world and help others to find their inner artist as well!”

You can view more examples of Charlie’s work at Casa Bella Studio. If you’d like to contact Charlie directly please email him at charliediaz@mac.com or call 310-396-9161 to discuss any projects that you have in mind.