Phil Simpson has been asking the world to smile more since 2012.
The Detroit-based artist and public speaker has painted more than a dozen murals for Murals in The Market, Quicken Loans, ACLU, and the City of Detroit, and he's commissioned artwork for some the world's best-known brands.
Simpson paints brightly colored smiling faces meant to spread positivity and kindness. At the center of his work is a yin and yang, representing the duality of lightness and darkness. A lowercase ‘i’ can be found in the whites of the eyes. For the artist, the appetizing titles add to the joy he seeks to spread.