Grumpy Rock by Erik Benson
watercolor on paper, 2024
9" x12"
 
Erik Benson is an artist whose process based paintings are informed by architecture and everyday objects found in urban landscapes. He received a MFA from the Rhode Island School of Art and Design and. BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He has had solo and group shows throughout the United States and Europe. He is the recipient of a NYFA painting fellowship as well as a participant in the Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program, and a McKnight Fellow.