As mentioned earlier, it was an action packed weekend for Gallery 1988 as the opening for Greg "Craola" Simkins' "It Wanders West" show in Los Angeles took place. Craola's work for this show is truly stunning as you can see from the images after the jump. Word has it that all but one of the paintings were sold during the preview and after looking at them -- it is easy to see why. All paintings were also framed beautifully to add to the overall presentation to his work. Really amazing stuff here.

Greg “Craola” Simkins, a huge favourite of mine is putting a new collection of paintings together for an exhibition entitled ‘It Wanders East’. “With his dazzlingly macabre and admittedly warped imagination, Simkins participates in the long tradition of popular fantasists that includes Edward Gorey, Stan Lee, and Tim Burton. Simkins’ world is a troubled nether…