We recently painted a wall for this years BlackBook Sessions at the Famous Stars and Straps / The Wild Ones / Killer Dist. warehouse. The wall consisted of artists Craola, Deph, Maxx242, and Jeff Soto.
All paint was supplied by MONTANA GOLD CANS
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Finished wall w/ Craola, Deph, Maxx242, and Jeff Soto @ Famous SAS
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010We recently painted a wall for this years BlackBook Sessions at the Famous Stars and Straps / The Wild Ones / Killer Dist. warehouse. The wall consisted of artists Craola, Deph, Maxx242, and Jeff Soto.
“Blood Money” at Corey Miller’s Timeless Art Gallery
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010Have plans this weekend? Now you do! Corey Miller’s Timeless Art Gallery presents, “Blood Money” a group Art show curated by, “Tim Shelton”. This artwork collective features new artworks by some of To Die For’s very own: Turk, Adam Hathorn, Daniel Albrigo, Lindsey Carmichael, Eric jones, Colin Dowling, Kyle Crowell, Tim Shelton, Gunnar, Jeffrey Page, Los Ocequeda, Bart Bingham, Dan Smith, and Sid Stankovitz to name a few.
Opening Night: Saturday, September 11, 7 – 10 PM
126 N. 2nd Ave.
Upland, Ca 91768
New script lettering shirt for Sea No Evil
Thursday, August 5th, 2010We recently designed some script lettering for the past, Sea No Evil” Art Show benefit to work around the Whale that was already created for this years look of the show.. Here is a pic of the shirt. We did NOT do the whale art. Not sure if they will be available online for sale or not.. We will keep you posted.. untill then, Please check out these links for info:
http://www.seashepherdartshow.com
https://my.seashepherd.org
SEA NO EVIL 2010 – An Art Benefit to Protect the Oceans of the World
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Join To Die For & Imscared for our 4th year in Riverside, Ca. on Saturday, July 31st at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium for one of the best yearly art benefits to preserve and protect the oceans of the world; Sea No Evil. Artist include: Deph of To Die For, Greg “Craola” Simkins, Dan Smith of LA Ink/The Dear & Departed, Jeff Soto, Maxx242 of The Wild Ones, Steven Daily, Jon Chase of Dstroyr, Bobby Hundreds, Brooke Reidt, Lola, Mike Ski of the AKA’s, Hydro 74, Neko, and 80 other amazing talents. Starts at 6pm with Jason of To Die For kicking out the jams along with Michelle Rodriguez of The Fast and Furious, Shepard Fairey of Obey, Matt Costa, and special performance by The Crystal Method. To top it off Paul Watson of Animal Planet’s “Whale Wars” will be guest speaking.
$20 donation at the door
Riverside Municipal Auditorium
3485 Mission Inn Ave.
Riverside, Ca 92501
Click here for directions
Artists Deph & Craola painting LIVE @ Black Book Sessions 8
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Come join To Die For and Owner/Artist Deph at Black Book Sessions 8! It will be held on July 10th at the Killer Distribution warehouse in Ontario, Ca. Famous Stars and Straps family along with The Wild Ones crew, OG Abel, Risky One, Estevan Oriol, Jeff Soto, Greg “Craola” Simkins, Deph, Munk One, Chase Tafoya, Dire One, Xpres, Jason Gallo, the list goes on…. These guys will be getting down on walls and canvases the day of the event. There will be art contests for the 3 different age groups, which will be given prizes for the top 3 pieces in each age group the day of. At the end of the year Black Book donates a scholarships to the top kid of the year.
“Inside the Outside” Solo Exhibition by Greg Craola Simkins
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010If your in the NYC area this week, Joshua Liner Gallery is pleased to present Inside the Outside, an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by artist Greg Simkins aka “Craola”. Most of you are familiar with Craola through his shirts he has done for us in the past from, “Midas”, “We Are Monsta’s”, “Bee”, “Sketchy”, and “Tenticles” to name a few. Show him support!
Where: Joshua Liner Gallery
When: June 5 to July 1, 2010
Craola Paints LA once again!!
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Last thursday Craola celebrated shipping off his pieces for his latest Solo show “Inside the Outside” at Joshua Liner Gallery in NYC by painting a wall with a few friends in Los Angeles, Ca. Craola painted with Dabs, Myla, and Jersey Joe.
TO DIE FOR X IMSCARED X THE WILD ONES X MONTANA GOLD
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Last weekend we added a HUGE landmark to our Flagship store in Costa Mesa, Ca. Montana GOLD paint flowed us several boxes of paint to collaborate a mural with artists Greg “Craola” Simkins of IMSCARED, Deph of To Die For, and Maxx242 of Famous Stars and Straps and The Wild Ones. Montana is one of today’s premier paint leaders that sets the standards for the art movement of graffiti. Click on the images below to view the mural.
For directions to the TO DIE FOR Flagship Store CLICK HERE
UP CLOSE VIEW
ARIAL VIEW OF THE WALL
Artist “Deph” featured on Vinyl Addiction TV TONIGHT!!
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010To Die For artist, “Deph” will be featured on Vinyl Addiction TV tonight. Vinyl Addiction is a new show all about the Designer Toys/Urban Vinyl Movement which is often referred to as the next art movement. The show features behind the scenes interviews with Rob Dyrdek from MTV’s Fantasy Factory, Dacosta Bailey, Kevin Winek from Toy2R, and Chris Lee. Hosted by one of todays top Illustrator and Vinyl artists, Jesse Hernandez.
The episode will premiere TONIGHT at 8pm PST on MYX
MYX can currently be seen on
-Comcast Channel 368 in the California Bay Area,
-Cox Ch. 479 (Orange County) and Cox Ch. 464 (Northern Virginia).
It’s also on DirecTV – (International box)Channel 2067
New IMSCARED wall in hollywood
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Last week TDF artists CRAOLA and Deph worked on a new production with Dabs and Myla in Hollywood, Ca. Craola painted some letters for his NEW released line of clothing by To Die For called, IMSCARED. Here are some of the pics.
LIVE Painting tomorrow @ The Crosby in Santa Ana
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Dont have anything to do tomorrow night? Well you do NOW!! Artists SID of Sid’s Tattoo, LOS of Sid’s Tattoo & losliferuiner.com and DEPH of Bashers, To Die For will be painting LIVE tomorrow night in downtown Santa Ana @ The Crosby. We will be shredding all Metal, Hardcore, and Rock by DJ’s Jason of To Die For, Gregg, and The Eugeual. Come bang your head and wake the DEAD…
The Crosby
400 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, Ca
For Directions: CLICK HERE
Greg “Craola” Simkins Group Exhibition & Print Release
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Joshua Liner Gallery has released a new limited edition giclee print of Greg Simkins’ most recent painting, “Label Me”.
18″ x 24″
Giclee on fine art paper
Limited edition of 50 (signed & numbered)
$150
To purchase this print, email info@joshualinergallery.com
The original painting will be exhibited at their upcoming group exhibition that runs from
August 15th to September 5th
Other exhibiting artists include:
Candice Tripp, Chloe Early, Cleon Peterson, Damon Soule, Dave Kinsey, Evan Hecox, Greg Simkins, James Roper, Joe Sorren, Jud Bergeron, Kenji Hirata, Pat Rocha, Robert Hardgrave, Ryan McLennan, Shawn Barber, Stanley Donwood, Stella Im Hultberg, SUB (Tony Curanaj), Sylvia Ji, Tat Ito, Tiffany Bozic, Travis Louie, Tristram Lansdowne, ZAnPon
Footage from Comic Con w/ artist Deph
Monday, July 27th, 2009
Artist “Deph” Signs his 6″ Kidrobot Fatcap at SDCC
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009To Die For’s owner and artist “Deph” will be signing his new toy at the San Diego Comic Convention on Friday July 24th from 11am – 1pm @ the Kidrobot Booth #4529. Get there early if you plan to get your hands on one.
Limited amount of: 200 Purple Fatcaps
If you cant make it to SDCC then you can still purchase his green version. CLICK HERE
A Comic Con kickoff Art show / Record Release party!
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009For those of you who dont know, “BASHERS” is a graffiti crew of To Die For. Bashers has been around since the early 90’s, Building a name for themselves and a few others who stay under the radar designing for some of todays top clothing brands. The Crew consists of artists: Jeff Soto, Maxx242, Steven Daily, Emuse, RG, Jipsi, Craola, Deph, Koed, Japan, Steam, Spine, Devious, Glory, Menso, Konkr, James, and Jerk.
