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The Art of Greg “Craola” Simkins

Californian artist Greg “Craola” Simkins is a pop surrealism painter with a wild imagination. Simkins combines animals from different habitats to create scenes in which killer whales swim alongside birds or sea monsters lurk beneath an iceberg that offers sanctuary to a rhinoceros. Greg Simkins says that this fascination with combining creatures from different worlds began when he was a child. During a family trip to Hawaii, the young Simkins was stunned by the sea life he discovered there. A short time later he watched a nature documentary on the Yellowstone National Park and was inspired by the vast difference between these two environments. Somewhere in his vivid imagination, the idea was born to combine both worlds through the medium of art.

Simkin’s pop surrealism paintings use a 3D cartoon style that gives his animal characters a humorous appeal. He also personifies his animal subjects by giving them human facial expressions which elicit an empathetic response in the viewer. Greg Simkin’s style works for a wide variety of projects and he’s been involved in creating street murals, clothing designs and video game graphics.

Visit Greg “Craola” Simkins art portfolio for more graffiti, cartoon and surrealism inspired paintings and drawings.

Greg "Craola" Simkins combines Gothic and Halloween images with a cartoon style in this pop surrealism painting


Cartoon animals from different enivronments come together in this creative pop surrealism painting by Greg Simkins


A swan moth sits on a white rose in this pop surrealism painting by Greg "Craola" Simkins


A cockatiel and tiger form an unlikely animal relationship in this pop surrealism cartoon painting by Greg Simkins


Greg Craola Simkins combines graffiti, pop surrealism and cartoon art to create this bizarre parody of Batman


Graffiti artist Greg Simkins creates a collage of animals in this pop surrealist cartoon painting


Greg Simkins paints a pop surrealist scene of the Muppets in this imaginative art work


Cartoon and graffiti art find its way into this comical yet spooky pop surrealism painting by Greg "Craola" Simkins


African animals, butterflies and birds get caught in a tangle in this pop surrealist painting by Greg Simkins


Beautiful but bizarre, this painting is a perfect example of Greg Simkins pop surrealist imagination


Greg "Craola" Simkins has used killer whales as the subject of this twisted, graffiti and pop surrealism painting


Fish, birds and cats combine to create an animal menagerie in this pop surrealist painting by Greg "Craola" Simkins


Greg Simkins combines fantasy and pop surrealism to create this beautiful but bizarre painting


 

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