Chasing Stars: Faces in Art

Please join us for a pop-up art show with Ben Erickson. The FREE show is titled Chasing Stars: Faces in Art and will feature over 40 of Ben’s favorite paintings in his FIRST art show. Ben is a Neenah native and Neenah High School alumni. His growing portrait collection of famous people painted over the past twelve years has taken him on a fun art journey. He's painted over 150 portraits with some of them having mix-media elements incorporated into the piece such as bottle caps, rhinestones, glitter, soda/beer labels and candy wrappers. Ben has been fortunate to have his paintings signed by Hall of Fame athletes, future Hall of Famers, Olympic athletes, respected coaches and world-famous comedians. He is constantly thinking of who his next portrait will be and how he can get them to sign their painting. Each and every painting comes with its own unique story whether it was the painting process itself or how he came to the final result or the chase/encounter to obtain an autograph. The chase/encounter in some cases is as interesting and colorful as the portrait itself.