by Liz French
Lee Diaz owner of Diaz Dezine has done celebrated airbrush by the classic-rock star, it’s also the name of the car painted by
artwork for some renowned artists of other fields, among them, Diaz.
Alice Cooper. ‘Welcome to My Nightmare’ is not only a hit song
Stardom didn’t come immediately to the hard working, dedicat- beautiful dresses and she would also do some amazing wildlife
ed, airbrush enthusiast; Lee comes from a humble beginning drawings” but shared her work for the most part with only Lee.
and this is his story. “it was very special to me” said Lee, “and I strived to be just as
Lee Diaz was born in May, 1966 in a little town called Fremont, passionate as her but what she was really known for is that she
Ohio, the home of the Rutheford B. Hayes Memorial, Sandusky could sing like an angel and everybody would remember her for
County Fairgrounds and the Fremont Speedway. He graduat- that as I want to be for my art.”
ed from Fremont Ross High School and Vanguard Vocational Lee’s Grandfather, Tito, was responsible for getting his creative
Trade School where he took graphic communications. juices jump started, he “would make us kids draw a squiggly
Influential in Lee’s artistic interests was his Uncle Carlos con- line and he would draw and create something really cool out of
sidered by Lee to be “an excellent oil painter and portrait and it which helped me a lot, unknowingly, to create out of my head
sports artist”. Carlos would sometimes be commissioned to
with out reference” remembers Lee.
do paintings. Lee’s mother drew’ “beautiful women with long
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