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Featured SAFS Student Charlie Diaz on the Certification Course
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Charlie Diaz owns and operates Casa Bella Studio located in Los Angels. He successfully
completed the
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.
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Charlie Diaz
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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!
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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
Seattle Architectural Finishing Studio 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!
For more information on Charlie's work at Casa Bella Studio:
email: charliediaz@mac.com
website: www.casabellastudio.com
Phone: 310-396-9161
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