BENNY DIAR's blog

New Start homes, where I am client, has quarterly meetings that a majority of the staff and clients attend. There was between 100 and a 150 people there. They throw a catered Christmas party along with the winter meeting. It was freezing that day and Janette (the lady who teaches the independence training program) caught me napping before everything started. They had her and I speak about the new independence program. They had me tell my story and bring some of paintings I've been working on. I thought back to the speech class I had taken a couple years ago before my accident for pointers so I didn't just ramble.

This is my first piece on a 'G' scale model train. It took between 25 and 30 hours. The colors in picture are not accurate Some of the colors look very similar in the picture and it's hard to see the detail.

The 2nd annual Death Cheater benefit art show for Benny Diar at Empire 7 was a huge success. Thank you so much everybody. I don't know to say. I can't put how I feel into words. It's immensely appreciated. While the show was going on, I was randomly getting messages and seeing pictures. It got me so pumped, I was practically walking. I ridiculously wanted to be there. Seeing every inch of the walls covered in art and the house packed with people felt amazing. To everybody that donated, purchased, put in time, and supported in any way, thank you from the bottom of my heart. A special thanks to Norm and Harv for all the time and effort you guys put in. Check out pictures of a majority of the art HERE.I love you all.

One of my closest friends, Sean Barton was just here in LA to visit along with paint signs for some of his local clients. Before he started week of killing sign jobs one after another, a couple of us went to a near by Mexican restaurant/bar to watch the Steelers game. I went out Pittsburgh to visit him and a couple other friends about five years ago during football season. The football mentality out out there in indescribable. I came home a Steelers fan. Well they lost that night but we still had a great time catching up and having a couple drinks. Here's some pictures of us at the bar (I really need to start smiling in pictures)and some of the signs he painted at Supreme, Stussy and Vacation Records here in LA. Check out an array of his work at Sean Barton Signs

MORE IMAGES AFTER THE BREAK.

The first picture is of me working on my part of the collaboration portrait Joshua and I are working on. The rest of the pictures are of some of the other good times we've had since my accident. When Josh and I hang, we plan on painting a lot of the time but end up bull shitting and talking most of the time. If you know the way I talk, it's pretty easy to do. Hopefully we'll finish the portrait soon and be able to show you it finished.

My good friends Sean Barton and Harv over at and ODMD came up with some cool new flyers for the Death Cheater show. Above design was hand done by Sean barton and read more for the ODMD flyer which also has a huge line up of artists. I did a lot of damage with the Walmart silver! I believe the Sean Barton flyer will be available as a poster at the show as well. I just wanted to thank everyone in advance and let you all know that the support is really really appreciated.