Craig Alan | Cocotte Calligraphy The mixed media technique allows

The mixed media technique allows Maxim to build surfaces of genuine material complexity — acrylic

The work is about expansion

where the boundary between elements is perpetually negotiated

the painting that knows what the first one was trying to do and does it more fully

Craig Alan | Cocotte Calligraphy The mixed media technique allowsCraig 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