Will Cotton's candy sweet paintings

i got very interested in the works and life of this guy, and found lots of interesting things:

1. Will Cotton was the Art Director for Katy Perry's much-talked-of music video California Gurls

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Will Cotton was the Art Director for Katy Perry's 2010 music video, California Gurls, which was based on themes and imagery from his paintings. Perry approached Cotton with an interest in his work, which subsequently became a central visual reference for the video. Cotton created original props for the set, including a three-dimensional Candy Land game board using real baked goods and sweets. He worked closely with the video’s director, Matthew Cullen of Motion Theory, and creative team from the music production company EMI to recreate life-size scenery from his paintings. Imagery from Cotton's works "Candy Stick Forest" and "Sugar Beach", among several others, were used as inspiration for scenes in the video. Cotton's painting Cotton Candy Katy, a portrait of Perry reclining amid cotton candy clouds, was also featured as cover art on the California Gurls album, Teenage Dream.

2. Cotton installed a pop-up French bakery at Partners & Spade in Manhattan, New York.

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Confections and baked goods the artist uses for reference in his paintings were baked on site and were for sale over three weekends in November 2009. Bakery staff were fitted with custom-made tiaras of the kind Cotton paints atop the heads of ladies that grace his paintings.[7] His idea was to let the public experience the painting process as he does, surrounded by the aroma of freshly baked sweets, adding yet another layer of sensation to the experience of viewing the work.

And here is Will Cotton