Greg "Craola" Simkins: Walk on the Surreal Side!

"ItWanders" ~ Greg "Craola" Simkins

The latest Juxtpoz magazine features a fabulous artist names Greg "Craola" Simkins.  "Craola" is the nickname he had when he was a graffitti artist.   Greg has since earned himself a successful career as a fine artist and one look at his work and you'll see why.  Even if you're not a big fan of surreal art, you cannot help but appreciate the strange beauty at which he depicts his incredible and bizarre worlds.

I believe Greg sums up his work himself when he wrote on his Biography page of his web site, "Upon watching a documentary shortly after on Yellowstone National Park, I was amazed at the number of different elements in nature that are so familiar to me but will never be realized by each other.  We will never see snow covered coral reefs inhabited by butterflies alongside moray eels. Deer will not gallop beside killer whales and birds will never share their nests with a family of jellyfish. Of course, it is now my job to make some introductions and see where they go.  These are some of the symbiotic relationships that are going on peripherally in the world I paint into." 

You can see for yourself that unbelievable made believable worlds created by Greg by visiting his site at: www.imscared.com/ or visit his blog at: craola1.blogspot.com/.