Ben Wilson

I came across the mini-spectacularity of Ben Wilson’s jewell-like paintings on chewing gum mere days ago, though I’m a little slow on the uptake (he’s been doing them for nine years). This weekend saw Ben open a new show, Gum Art, at Trinity Buoy Wharf and a specially created art-trail of paintings that feature tiny scenes inspired by his surroundings, requests from the public, random patterns and people. He was arrested a number of times over the years, public support put that to rest and he continues to catch passers by’s eyes with his totally unique pieces.

All images have been taken from a wonderful accumulated effort from a group on flickr and have been snapped by various collectors/photographers.