The mask is the key.

This is the backstreet of a southern town in the 40s, the heart of Africa and the deep dark of a little caribbean island only William Seabrook would have liked to see. And what a great time I had painting it, with Nina Simones "Sinnerman" on the system and a free flow of colors and Negrita rum all over my inner and outer space. A fair bit of the inspiration behind this picture came from the first part of the "Book of the dead" about the history of the zombie in the cinema..

Diablito

Just a little devil I did to have something to do on a winters day.. Saw a nice mask that gave me the inspiration, got a small canvas and there it is.
This is one of those oriental devils that has his fangs turned outwards, dont know how that works when you bite, or even if devils do bite, but it looks interesting. He is also wearing his hair in a party in the back kinda way, with some more representable backslick action happening in the front.