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  • Craig Alan, Barefoot in the Sand
    Craig Alan
    Barefoot in the Sand
    Mixed Media Original on Board with Resin
    60 x 48 in
    152 x 122 cm
  • Craig Alan, Beachcomber, 2022
    Craig Alan
    Beachcomber, 2022
    Mixed Media Original on Board with Resin
    40 x 40 in
    101 x 101 cm
  • Craig Alan, Dune Together
    Craig Alan
    Dune Together
    Mixed Media Original on Board with Resin
    48 x 60 in
    122 x 152 cm
  • Craig Alan, Gravitational Pull
    Craig Alan
    Gravitational Pull
    Mixed Media Original on Board with Resin
    48 x 48 in
    122 x 122 cm
  • Craig Alan, Ladies Court
    Craig Alan
    Ladies Court
    Oil on canvas
    48 x 48 in
    122 x 122 cm
  • Craig Alan, Make Bat to Sense
    Craig Alan
    Make Bat to Sense
    Mixed Media Original on Board with Resin
    48 x 48 in
    120 x 120 cm
  • Craig Alan, Over and Under
    Craig Alan
    Over and Under
    Mixed Media Original on Board
    59 x 59 in
    150 x 150 cm
  • Craig Alan, Seaboard Spoor
    Craig Alan
    Seaboard Spoor
    Mixed Media Original on Board with Resin
    59 x 59 in
    150 x 150 cm
  • Craig Alan, Source Code, 2021
    Craig Alan
    Source Code, 2021
    Mixed Media Original on Board with Resin
    36 x 48 in
    90 x 122 cm
  • Craig Alan, Wrong Way
    Craig Alan
    Wrong Way
    Mixed Media on Board with Resin
    40 x 40 in
    102 x 102 cm
Biography

Craig Alan is open to the idea that there is an energy outside of himself that fosters creativity. "I don't know what it is, but I know it's out there, and when I tap into it, when I'm having a communion with it, it flows through me," he says. "I try to be receptive to it. I don't try to fight back. If I do, I hit walls. I open myself up to be receptive to what the universe is telling me to create."

Born in 1971, Craig Alan began his creative career at a young age. In his childhood home outside Atlanta, Alan took a box of crayons to the walls of his parents home. Surely his parents were not thrilled, but by age seven they could not deny their son’s artistic talent.

After taking an introductory drawing class in primary school, Alan began to develop his technical skills at home. It wasn’t until the artist attended the University of Mobile, AL that he realized his passion could lead to a career. To support his schooling, Alan drove to New Orleans on the weekends to create portraits for passerbys on the street. The University expanded Alan’s artistic horizons, while his weekend excursions gave him the repetitive technical practice needed for artistic success.


Alan is most well known for his “Populus” series, which began while the artist was visiting his mother in Orange Beach, Alabama. Sitting on his mother’s 6th story balcony, he began photographing the beach goers below. Through the lens, Alan noticed the patrons grouped to gether to take the shape of a human eye. This experience sparked the idea of his most iconic artworks that have come to represent dozens of celebrities and icons of all ages.

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