Quick and Painful: Sept. 24th – New Haven, CT

September 24th, 7-11pm

Hope Gallery in New Haven, CT

Art exhibition hits major cities for one night only

Hope Gallery, one of the most prestigious tattoo art galleries, announced that it will feature the work of more than 15 important artists and designers with backgrounds in fine art, graffiti, and illustration in a unique exhibition that will be held in New Haven, CT; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; and Miami, FL. Read more...

The “Quick and Painful” Series of Giclee Prints will be printed on 300 gram cold press watercolor paper with archival pigment inks. These beautiful prints will be exclusively available at each of the Quick & Painful show dates for a very special price. We will be posting teaser photos of each print set leading up to the event.

On October 9th, following the Chicago event, all prints will be for sale online at The Hope Shop.

To Die For Clothing will also be releasing a special limited edition shirt just for the shows!

Album Cover Artwork for Monte Pittman

I recently had the opportunity to work on my friend, Monte Pittman's new album cover entitled,"Pain, Love & Destiny." The story of The Black Rabbit of INLE is a shared theme in both of our works which made this image an obvious choice for the album cover, especially since once of the songs (I am the Black Rabbit) is specifically about INLE.

The new album will be released less than a month away. More info here.

"PEARL JAM" Screen Prints Available TOMORROW!

AVAILABLE ON SEPT. 19TH

6:00am PST

"PEARL JAM" SCREEN PRINT

by Greg 'Craola' Simkins

9 color screen print

18 x 24 inches

Limited edition of 100

Hand signed & numbered

$50

BUY

(purchase link goes live on 9/19/11 @ 6am PST)

Created for the Pearl Jam / Mudhoney show Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on

September 17th, 2011

"PEARL JAM" SCREEN PRINT

(special color variant)

by Greg 'Craola' Simkins

9 color screen print

18 x 24 inches

Limited edition of 20

Hand signed & numbered

$75

BUY

(purchase link goes live on 9/19/11 @ 6am PST)

Created for the Pearl Jam / Mudhoney show Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on

September 17th, 2011

Art Auction Images REVEALED!

Here are the images of my painted surfboard and piece I painted live at the Pac Sun booth at the U.S. Open of Surfing. There will be a art auction tomorrow night for these works and other works by DEPH, Agry Woebots, Jeff McMillan and more. Sales from the auction will benefitInner City Arts.

Saturday, September 17th

7-10pm

720 Kohler Street, Los Angeles

RSVP@smashingyounglad.com

If you aren't in Los Angeles or can't attend the event, you can view all the works available HERE and phone in your bid to Andy at (714) 675-2626.

Painting & Surfboard Auction this Sat, Sept. 17th

New Drawing for OLD SCHOOL VIDEO GAME Show

I will have a new drawing available at The Old School Video Game Art Show opening this Friday. 100 artists have created original works inspired by your favorite classic games that you grew up with, including Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, MegaMan, PacMan, Metroid and more!

Friday, September 16th

7-10pm

Gallery 1988: Venice

214 Pier Avenue

Santa Monica, CA 90405

Contact:

gallery1988venice@gmail.com

New Interview at IPaintMyMind.org

A new interview...

Regardless of what you know him as, Greg “Craola” Simkins has made an indelible mark on various sectors of the modern art world. In remaining unfettered by the constraints imposed by clan-like divisions in the art world, Greg has solidified his post as one of the most gifted surrealist painters around. As part of a scene who’s contributors are increasingly replete, his work stands out as a hallmark of uncompromised vision, as dark and abstruse images reveal Simkins’ exceptional skill.

Read more at: ipaintmymind.org

Thanks Evan La Ruffa!