Legal Question in Business Law in California

My business client asked me to design and produce a package for one of his products.

I did so and then was asked to produce a "sample". The sample was reviewed and the design revised. The client asked for another sample, in my reply I requested that we move from "sample" to " first article" and explained the difference: being a first article it would be the first piece of production. Once approved, the balance of production would commence. As such, I required a PO for the production run $3000, including a non-refundable, prepaid deposit of $425. He wrote back that he was working on the PO and sending me a check and asked that I begin work to have the first article in time for an important meeting. I wrote him I would begin work on the first article in anticipation of his delivery of payment and PO. Later, I received an email showing me the scheduled electronic payment for $425. That electronic payment was scheduled to be made 1 week after scheduled delivery of the first article (which was now complete, but not yet delivered - I sent a photo to him as evidence). I questioned the timing of the payment and absence of the PO. He wrote that he didn't know what I was talking about. I sent back his previous email. He refused to send the PO and stopped the scheduled payment. He longer returns my emails. I am out costs for making the first article (through third party).

Do I have recourse for payment of the first article and or the balance of the PO amount?

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