Craig Elliott habite à Los Angeles en Californie. Il a étudié dans la célèbre école Art Center College of Design à Pasadena, auprès d'artiste comme Harry Carmean et Burne Hogarth. Le trait soigné de Craig peint avec élégance la Nature et les Hommes (plus spécifiquement les Femmes !), célébrant la beauté du monde. Ses thèmes de prédilections sont la représentation des corps, la préservation de l'environnement, … en faisant preuve de subtilité et en prenant soin de toujours révéler la Beauté de son sujet.
Parallèlement à ses peintures, Craig est aussi designer pour les studios Disney et Dreamworks sur des productions telles que Hercules, Mulan, Enchanted, Monsters vs Aliens, The Princess and the Frog, … Artiste multi facette, il est aussi un architecte paysagiste accompli, sculpteur et plus récemment créateur de bijoux. Craig a aussi été coloriste et a réalisé des couvertures pour Dark Horse Comics ; des cartes de jeu pour World of Warcraft ; des illustrations pour le magazine Realms of Fantasy, … Son travail est présenté dans plusieurs livres : Treasure Planet a Voyage of Discovery, The Art of The Princess and the Frog, plusieurs Spectrum, The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today Vol. 2, Erotic Fantasy Art, Fantasy art Now 2, Aphrodisia I et ses 3 sketchbooks.

Craig Elliott is an artist based in Los Angeles, California. He received his education at the famed Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and studied under artists such as Harry Carmean and Burne Hogarth. Craig’s carefully crafted and arresting images of nature and the human form have captivated audiences with their visual and intellectual celebration of the beauty in this world and beyond. In addition to his fine art work, Craig has had a hand in designing many of today’s most popular animated films from studios such as Disney and Dreamworks. A multi-faceted artist, he is also an accomplished landscape architect, sculptor and most recently, jewelry designer. Especially known for his exceptional ability with the human figure and creative composition, Craig’s work has evolved into a unique vision informing and influencing fine art, print, animation, and commercial worlds. Drawing from the visual worlds of science and nature, the human figure, the grand tradition of American illustration, Japanese scroll paintings and woodblock prints, fantasy illustration, and great artists of Europe, Elliott’s work strikes the viewer at first with a powerful tableau and draws them in to experience the subtlety and beauty within. Beyond the pictorial impact of his work, themes personal to him such as body image, environmental preservation, and social and psychological repression weave themselves throughout his work. After attending Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, he began illustrating for various clients and started working full time in the animation industry. He has worked primarily for Disney and Dreamworks, designing their animated films such as Hercules, Mulan, The Emperor's New Groove, Treasure Planet, Shark Tale, Flushed Away, Bee Movie, and Enchanted, Monsters vs. Aliens, and The Princess and the Frog as well as other upcoming features. Craig has also done fully painted comic book and cover artwork for Dark Horse Comics, World of Warcraft Trading cards, editorial illustration for Realms of Fantasy magazine, and more. His work can currently be seen in the books "Treasure Planet a Voyage of Discovery", "The Art of The Princess and the Frog", "Spectrum: the Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art" #10, 11, 12, 13 & 15 and a gold medal in 16 and Silver Medal in 17, “The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today Vol. 2”, “Erotic Fantasy Art”, “Fantasy art Now 2”, Aphrodisia I and his 3 sketchbooks. Several monograph art books are also in the works.