Scott Erickson, a speaker at the 2026 Festival of Faith and Writing

Scott Erickson


Scott Erickson is a touring painter, performance speaker, and creative curate who mixes autobiography, mythology, and aesthetics to create art and moments that speak to our deepest experiences.

Using his passion and commitment to craft, Scott has been a working artist for over a decade, and has had his work appear on CNN, National Geographic, and in various magazines and newspaper outlets. Scott is globally known for his “Stations in the Street”, an open share stations of the cross street art show that was hung by faith communities worldwide, and utilized for Tyler Perry’s “Passion Live” on Fox Television.

As a speaker, Scott brings his training as an educator and his experience as a visual communicator to his presentations. His goal is to bring something for his “ADD brothers and sisters out there,” making sure every speech is thoughtful, entertaining, wondrous, and filled with visual elements and live creating.

Scott is the author of Say Yes: Discover the Surprising Life Beyond the Death of a Dream, Honest Advent: Awakening to the Wonder of God-With-Us Then, Here, and Now, and co-author of Prayer: 40 Days of Practice and May It Be So: Forty Days with the Lord’s Prayer with Justin McRoberts. His newest book, In the Low: Honest Prayers for Dark Seasons, is also co-authored with McRoberts and releases in October 2025.

Scott is most loved by his wife and their children. They live in Austin, TX.

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