Craig Alan was born in 1971 in San Bernardino, California. Upon moving to New Orleans as a child, Alan worked as a street portrait artist, using the opportunity to practice his figure drawing, as well as earn money for school and supplies.
The creative vision came naturally to Alan and he continued to develop technically and conceptually through his own diligent studies. It was not until his sophomore year at the University of Mobile, Alabama, that Alan formally began to train in arts. His affinity for the subject was immediately apparent. He continued to concentrate in studio arts, earning an area award for academic excellence. The university’s most prestigious exhibition, “Art with a Southern Drawl,” featured 42 of Alan’s pieces, chosen from a field of more than 1,600 submissions.
A minor concentration in theater provided Alan with additional techniques in makeup and set design. This added expertise supported his exploration of mixed media constructions. His skills combine to form elaborate textures, hues and compositions in his pieces. Alan’s artwork reveals a technical sophistication as well as an elaborate imagination.
Constantly craving new ways to link contemporary expressions to traditional art, Alan hopes to travel to Europe in search of artistic artifacts as well as fresh and innovative ideas. He also intends to explore his own family roots and cultural nuances in England and Scotland. Eventually, Alan plans to earn his master’s degree in studio arts in order to teach at the college level. His biggest dream is to own and manage his own atelier. He continues to exhibit his artwork across the United States.
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Linked to the heart by Craig Alan Original Mixed Media Painting
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
MIXED MEDIA PAINTING signed by the artist. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. This original mixed media painting by Craig Alan belongs to his acclaimed work that blur...
Mixed Media, Oil, Panel
Marilyn Idol Allurement by Craig Alan - Original Mixed Media
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA ON ARTBOARD 40 x 40 inches - Original mixed media signed by the artist. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally recognized for his ingenious portraits o...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Twiggy is on the block by Craig Alan - Original Mixed Media
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA ON ARTBOARD 40 x 40 inches - Original mixed media signed by the artist. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally recognized for his ingenious portraits o...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Dream Big by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
High Climbing by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Soul Shine by Craig Alan - Original Mixed Media
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA ON ARTBOARD 40 x 40 inches - Original mixed media signed by the artist. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally recognized for his ingenious portraits o...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Flower Cocktail by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
The Ogle by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Populus: Dame Elizabeth Taylor, “Liz”
By Craig Alan
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Contemporary portrait of Elizabeth Taylor.
Acrylic
Populus: Marilyn–Silly Little Dress
By Craig Alan
Located in Mc Lean, VA
The popular and innovative American Neo-Pop artist Craig Alan was born in San Bernardino, California, in 1971. Although Alan was inclined to creativity and the visual arts from an early age, it was not until his family moved to New Orleans, where he truly developed a sense of artistic purpose in earnest. Alan’s first concentrated attempts at visual expression were through street portraiture, which provided him with the experience and means to purchase art supplies and further his informal artistic studies. Craig Alan attended the University of Mobile in Alabama, where he pursed a degree in the visual arts. During his time at the university, Alan garnered academic recognition and earned awards for excellence in studio art practice. He participated in Art with a Southern Drawl, one of the university’s most popular art exhibitions, which featured forty-two of Alan’s artworks. The artist’s specialty has been and is predominantly figurative works, with Alan seeking new and innovative modes or re-working historical modes of figural representation. He has experimented with and incorporated elements of make-up/cosmetic artistry, set design, sculpture, and traditional figure drawing in his oeuvre. And his shadowbox series, which combines seemingly contrasting and contradictory elements—dresses made of ribbons and feather; shells made of pierced-paper and sticks—and transcends the traditional two-dimensional art form. Craig Alan has received his greatest popular acclaim from collectors for his POPULUS series. Through an intricate process of deconstruction and construction, Alan re-creates iconic images of popular figures through the working and reworking of hundreds of miniature, individuated figures viewed from an aerial or birds-eye-view. His images of celebrities, heroes, or recognizable sites, such as the U.S. Capitol or Statue of Liberty, invite close, slow viewing and scrutiny, that ultimately reveals greater thematic associations and allusions through finely rendered hand details. Craig Alan’s variety of series of art-making—Populus, Narrative, and Motivo—reveals, through different modes of expression, the artist’s knowledge of and proficiency with the art historical figurative...
Canvas, Oil
"Populus"- Pieces - Sculpture - Commission
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original sculpture. Two sides. Puzzle Piece. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic knowledge and keen aesthetic sense ...
Mixed Media
$12,500
Argo
By Craig Alan
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mixed Media
Mixed Media
Unbreakable by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in Woodmere, OH
Mixed Media on Board with Resin
Canvas, Acrylic
Pop Figures by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in Woodmere, OH
Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic
Ole Ambassador
By Craig Alan
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mixed Media
Mixed Media
Forget Yourself by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in Woodmere, OH
Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Canvas, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Rhapsody in Blue by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Spread your wings by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Uno de la Casa Azul by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Coy (Marylin Monroe) by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Red Carpet Capture by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Nation of Nations by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Pulp Nation by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Super People by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
The Underdog I by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
The Underdog II by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Loves Reach by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Everyone by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
We all scream by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Quiet Gaze (Audrey Hepburn) by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Walking in time by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Rainbow Effect by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Color Gravity by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Love High by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Summer Squared by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Cyan Cinema (Audrey Hepburn) by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Happily ever after by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan masterfully bridges the realms of realis...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Understated Vissitude by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Populous Soup by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Swim Complex by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Little Blue Box by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
LOVE
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. The sides are about 2 inches in depth, painted charcoal black. About the Art...
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Conceptual Abstract
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...
Canvas, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Everyone Loves A Kiss
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...
Resin, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Spectrum
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...
Canvas, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Long Line - Original by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. Homage to apple. Humorous. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a cu...
Resin, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
"Populus Conceptual" - Adamas
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...
Resin, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Hendrix
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. Homage to Hendrix. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination ...
Resin, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Hope Around The Corner
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...
Resin, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
"Populus Conceptual"-Showstopper
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...
Resin, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Pop Culture - Two Hearts Club
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media original painting on canvas from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. Homage to the Beatles. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmina...
Canvas, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
My World
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...
Resin, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Life Happens
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. Homage to the late great Amy Winehouse. About the Artist: In his prolific car...
Resin, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
'Populus Marilyn' - "Money Machine"
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Canvas Original of the great Marilyn Monroe from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook arti...
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
'Populus Conceptual' - "All You Need Is Love
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...
Resin, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
'Populus Homage' - "Populus Soup"
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...
Resin, Mixed Media
'Populus Conceptual' - Showstopper - Sold but commission available
By Craig Alan
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...
Resin, Mixed Media