Craig Alan | Cocotte

Craig Alan
Cocotte
Original | Populus series

Cocotte — the French term for a kept woman, a courtesan, a figure of luxury and transgression — gives Craig Alan's Populus method a subject that suits it perfectly. Each of Alan's works is built from hundreds of individually painted miniature figures that resolve, at the correct distance, into a single coherent image. The effect is cinematic: a work that changes as you approach it, offering one reading from across the room and another entirely when you are standing close enough to see the individual people that constitute the whole.

The Populus series has made Alan one of the most technically distinctive artists working in figurative painting today. His method is his alone — no other artist works at this level of density and compositional complexity — and works from the series have attracted serious collector attention across Europe and North America.

For collectors in Berkshire, Surrey, and London seeking an original work with genuine visual spectacle and conceptual depth, Cocotte represents one of the stronger offerings in Alan's catalogue.

Available through Creed Gallery, Ascot. Private viewings by appointment.

Original
Populus series
Certificate of Authenticity