RECOGNIZE! "Craola" makes me want to color!
Nov 5, 2009 at 7:24 AM 
Greg "Craola" Simkins is a maestro. I don't know what he is smoking, but I want some! Peep his work. His piece "label Me', is an amazing send up of the Warhol soupcan. He gets it. Make's Tim Burton look like sesame street. Fire!!!!!!!
He sells amazing T-shirts and Poster Prints. Below is his bio from his site.
Greg Simkins was born in 1975 in Torrance California, just south of Los Angeles. He grew up with a menagerie of animals including a number of rabbits, which often emerge in his paintings. He began drawing at the early age of three and was inspired by various cartoons and books. Some standout books that still find their way into his art are Watership Down by Richard Adams, The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis and The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster.
Simkins’ art continued to progress to the age of 18, when he started doing graffiti under the name Craola. Graffiti art became his impetus for creating and gave him the confidence to paint large works. In addition, it taught him perspective, color theory and further developed artistic skills, which later translated into his work with acrylics.
After receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art from California State University of Long Beach in 1999, Simkins worked as an Illustrator for various clothing companies. He later moved on to Treyarch/Activision where he worked on video games including Tony Hawk 2X, Spiderman 2 and Ultimate Spiderman while attempting to paint with every free minute he had.
In 2005, Simkins pursued his desire to paint as a full time artist. Since then, he has been featured in numerous group exhibitions and has successfully sold out solo exhibitions. His art is seen in a wide variety of industries from clothing to video games and has also come to life in the form of toys. His client/collaboration list includes Disney, Mattel, To Die For, Upper Playground, Juxtapoz, Vans, Converse, AFI, Saosin, Gym Class Heroes, Pennywise, STRANGEco, Ningyoushi, Kid Robot, Zero Friends, Epitaph, Dark Horse, Iron Fist and Pulse International.
Simkins’ artwork currently appears in galleries throughout the country.
Reader Comments (8)
Indeed he is a genius, he reminds me of that other genius that inspired me to do design urban-focused, Marc Ecko early days
Greg has great talent. His drawing is superb. Thanks for sharing such nice information about Greg with his beautiful pictures.
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