Will Cotton

Born in Massachusetts in 1965, Will Cotton is an American painter renowned for his sweet figurative scenes, populated by women, cotton candy clouds, giant cakes and candy landscapes. Trained at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York, he began to make a name for himself in the 1990s. Inspired as much by classical art as by pop culture, he develops a kitschy, ultra-glamorous imagination that evokes both childlike innocence and advertising fantasies. He has also collaborated with artists such as Katy Perry on visuals for music videos and album covers. His work features in several major contemporary collections.