Sexy Girl With Japanese Geisha Tattoo On The Back Body

RANDOM TATTOO QUOTE: Tattoos aren't meant for everybody and they're too goddamn good for some people. ---Lyle Tuttle, tattoo artist, author, and lecturer.


RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage. ---- Drew Barrymore


A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition. ~V. Vale and Andrea Juno, Modern Primitives


RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Don’t go where the math may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail


Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye. -- Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn)


It will be an honour to represent my country and get all the kit, stay in the Olympic village, and, when I'm old enough, get a tattoo with the Olympic rings. ----Tom Daley

Long Evening dress

Long Evening dress

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

Art is spirituality in drag.
~ Jennifer Yane

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
~ Maya Angelou, Gather Together in My Name

A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.
~ Eudora Welty

The camera can photograph thought.
~ Dirk Bogarde

Reflexes and instincts are not pretty. It is their decoration that initiates art.
~ Martin H. Fischer

Peacock Feather Tatoo

Sexy girl showing peacock feather tatoo (tribal tatoo) on her back.

RANDOM TATTOO QUOTE: There is no perfect beauty that hath not strangeness in the proportion. ----Sir Francis Bacon - London, 1639

RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. -Walt Whitman


Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish ---- John Maxwell


Today, people with tattoos, body piercings, and brands are everywhere. They are shown in advertisements, on television shows, and in magazine and newspaper photographs. Even a glamorous toy icon, Barbie, comes with temporary tattoos. ----KATHLYN GAY, Body Marks


RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. -Ralph Waldo
Emerson


Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos. ----Chuck Zito

Photoshop glowing edges art

Photoshop glowing edges art

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man.
~ Loren Eiseley, The Night Country, 1971

He who sings scares away his woes.
~ Cervantes

Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
~ Ansel Adams

I think a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it.
~ Author Unknown

Craola Solo Exhibition November 3

"What are they dreaming about?"
Come find out on Tuesday November 3, 2009 at Gallery 1988; as Greg "Craola" Simkins introduces you to "The Pearl Thief". A new collection of paintings and drawings which holds a secret back story for those who can find what is going on in the minds inside of Simkins' world.

check out in progress coverage here:
GALLERY 1988
DAILY DUJOUR
ARRESTED MOTION

Gallery 1988:Los Angeles
7020 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles CA,90038
(323)937-7088
Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 3rd from 7 to 11pm
Exhibition runs through November 25th
www.gallery1988.com gallery1988@aol.com

Indian model posing in a short top chudidar

Indian model posing in a short top chudidar.

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

Art is the struggle to understand.
~ Audrey Foris

Why waste money on psychotherapy when you can listen to the B Minor Mass?
~ Michael Torke

As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.
~ John Lubbock

And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs
And as silently steal away.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Day Is Done

Banarasi patola saree with gold print

Banarasi patola saree with gold print. Traditional Indian saree.

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

Art disturbs, science reassures.
~ Georges Braque, Le Jour et la nuit

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
~ Ansel Adams

The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.
~ W. Eugene Smith

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
~ Gustav Mahler

Crow Tattoos

Crow tattoos are the perfect choice of artwork for somebody who wants a dark themed design. Crows are often associated with the dark and sometimes Gothic community and seen by some as an object that represents death and sorrow.

Checkout this great photo gallery of some nice quality crow tattoos.

Indian Bridal dress | Lehenga Choli

Indian Bridal dress | Lehenga Choli

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.
~ Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Without music life would be a mistake.
~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Art... does not take kindly to facts, is helpless to grapple with theories, and is killed outright by a sermon.
~ Agnes Repplier, Points of View, 1891

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons. You will find it is to the soul what a water bath is to the body.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

Scar Tattoos

Scar tattoos or scarification is formed by cutting or branding the skin.

Some people choose to get scar tattoos instead of traditional ink tattoos because they are a product of one's own body.

Some tribes in Africa believe that producing a scar on a newborn baby will help prevent vision related illnesses in the child.

Checkout these scar tattoo photos below.

Prom party dress

Prom party dress

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts.
~ Minor White

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.
~ Ansel Adams


All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls!
~ Thomas Carlyle

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.
~ Ben Jonson

If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
~ Mencius

My new online store is NOW LIVE!

It's been a long time in the making but I'm happy to announce that my new online store is NOW LIVE! My very own IMSCARED Collection can be found at IMSCARED.COM and includes my prints, apparel and merchandise. Thanks to my wife, Jenn and homies Werk, Deph and Jason for making this all happen. You guys rule!

Printed Cotton Churidar

Indian model posing in a printed cotton Chudidar suit.

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
~ Leopold Stokowski

One of the best things about paintings is their silence - which prompts reflection and random reverie.
~ Mark Stevens

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
~ Berthold Auerbach

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things.
~ Pablo Picasso

Silky butta churidar

Silky butta churidar

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.
~ Dorothea Lange

Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life.
~ Jean Paul Richter

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
~ Fred Allen

Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom.
~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Orthodoxy

Making Progress

Off to work, finishing "The Puppet Pathos" today and hopefully getting done early enough to dive back into a piece I started the other day. But more important than all that, I hope to have enough time to get some Wahoos tofu tacos and then fight some ninjas . Hey wouldn't it be cool if there was an ancient battle between a race of Werewolves and a tribe of ninjas, and that the ninjas fashioned thier weapons out of silver so they could kill said werewolves. And what if the biggest and strongest of these ninjas, you know the one that all the other ninjas looked to for courage and stuff, got bitten by one of these mangy werewolves. Then the ninjas would have to fight one bad ass ninja werewolf and use teamwork like voltron to pull it all off. That would be awesome. (my story, patent pending, take it and I am coming after you with silver nun chucks).
Where was I? oh yeah, sitting and painting, i need some coffee. see you on November 3, leave the werewolves at home.
peace.
Greg.Craola.Simkins

Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 from 7:00-10:00PM

Gallery 1988: Los Angeles
7020 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 937-7088
www.gallery1988.com

Assam cotton hand printed saree

Model posing in a Assam cotton hand printed saree.

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

I have just read your lousy review. You sound like a frustrated old man who never made a success, an eight ulcer man on a four ulcer job...I have never met you but if I do, you'll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and a supporter below.
~ Harry S. Truman
(to critic Paul Hume after his unflattering review of daughter Margaret's singing recital)

I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.
~ Henri Matisse, Notes d'un peintre, 1908

Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
~ Alan Jay Lerner

If you're photographing in color you show the color of their clothes - if you use black and white, you will show the color of their soul.
~ Author Unknown

Bengal handloom saree

Bengal handloom saree

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.
~ Orson Welles

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
~ Pablo Picasso

Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.
~ P. G. Wodehouse

When painting, an artist must take care not to trap his soul in the canvas.
~ Dena Groquet

Ghostbusters Tattoos

Getting a memorable logo or icon of a classic movie or television show is becoming a very popular choice of tattoo.

And what better choice of logo than the legendary famous anti ghost image of the Ghostbusters.

Feast your eyes on these super cool Ghostbusters tattoos below.

Sabina kelley pin-up inked

Baby Tattooville

Okay So it is about time I post something about Baby Tattooville. Sorry I am a little late to the game. been burning the midnight oil on new pieces for my show November 3. So first off, I just wanted to thank Bob Self for the invitation to such an incredible event. You are a generous man Bob and I'm glad to know ya. It was a lot of fun geting to hang out with everyone who made it to the Mission Inn in Riverside for the event. I was stoked to get to hang with some artist friends who I rarely get to see and make friends with others whose art I had always admired. So here are some pics from the event that I totally ripped off from Arrested Motion.. thanks guys:

All the artists contributed to this print


Here is a drawing I did for Bob


Met awesome artist and great person Tara McPherson


Also met tattooist/artist genius/late nite Jack in the box taco delivery saint and all around nice person Hannah Aitchison


Designed these badges for the event


We all drew up some little collab cards


Me and two guys I highly respect, Gris Grimly and Jeff Soto

Art Jam begins

The finished product with all the artists

A couple close ups of the sections I worked on

Yup, I got my black skull cornered by KRK Ryden and Travis Louie. The art jam was fun, especially when Bob snapped us into shape in the last 20 minutes and got all the artists working at the same time.

This seems to be my posture during the entire event, be it painting or drawing in sketch books. Good times...