Painting isn't Cain's only medium. He also works his magic on just about every kind of art imaginable, including a dollhouse, which turned into his most ambitious piece.

"Probably the most time consuming was this haunted doll house I did," Cain recalls. "It was this handmade, two-story dollhouse somebody had thrown away. I spent about a week knocking holes in the wall and repainting it to make it look old. I bought some plastic toy animals and made one room into this spooky-looking trophy game room, and of course I put an occult-themed altar in the top room in the attic."

If you look closely at Cain's work, you'll probably notice a group of recurring themes. He likes to use images of demons, Jesus and robots, as well as references to Big Foot and carnival freaks. In fact, one of Cain's more unusual pieces is what he calls the Holy Roller Lottery Picker.

"(Holy Roller Lottery Picker) was a wooden box, a sculpture of Jesus and a bingo ball cage," Cain explains. "I repainted the balls with different numbers so you could turn the crank and pick your lottery numbers for the week. I painted one ball red and had a little sign that said if you pick that one then you shouldn't play the lottery this week since there was a chance of the apocalypse. Nothing like an element of danger to make things interesting!"

And it seems that element of danger pays off. Most of his work sells for $40 or $50, but sometimes he'll hit a nerve and a piece will go for more than Cain ever expected.

"I start all of my reworked art at $9.99 just ëcause I like to see people bid on the stuff. Plus, that way the public can decide what it's worth. I think the most I sold something for was a piece called Onward Christian Robotic Soldiers, which went for around $300. It was just this painting of Jesus hovering over the shoulders of a robot with a ray gun."

With influences that range from Hieronymus Bosch to Godzilla, it's difficult to guess what imaginative idea Cain will pop up with next. But chances are, the new painting will be a one-of-a-kind.

Bonnie Burton, creator of Grrl.com, writes about dating dilemmas, online auction addictions and Internet culture for various magazines and Web sites including MissClick, Wired, Yahoo! Internet Life and Excite@Home.