Colorado Springs artist Jason Baalman is trying out an array of unusual mediums that can produce a picture on a canvass - be it ketchup with French fries, or chocolate syrup with a spoon. But this 30-year-old artist has an eye for technology too, as he has also painted a replica of the Mona Lisa using Microsoft's Paint accessory software.

Since posting a video of himself painting portraits of Ronald McDonald and Morgan Spurlock, the creator of the documentary "Super Size Me," using ketchup and French fries on social networking website You Tube, Baalman - previously a struggling artist - has bagged a huge backlog of portrait orders.

However, the unusual artist doesn't want to be labeled as a "ketchup artist."

"To me, it's just a different medium," he told the Miami Herald.

Baalman, who never had any formal art training, has also done paintings using chocolate syrup and mascara, to name a few. To answer how it all started out, Baalman said he was just trying to use it as a "marketing tool" that could get him some contracts.

Baalman also recently appeared on an episode of "Late Show with David Letterman," during which he painted a picture of stage manager Biff Henderson in ketchup.

"I knew they were trying to make fun of me and that the purpose was to try to make a funny skit," he told the Herald. "My whole goal was to do something that would be impressive to people."