Watch Paint Dry On CNBC

“Erin Crowe, a 24-year-old University of Virginia graduate, has what some would describe as an unusual interest: for the past several years, she has been painting portraits of Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan.” And she’s been getting some good press out of it. Today, she gets a little more, as she paints her final portrait of the outgoing chairman as CNBC cameras chronicle every brush stroke.

She began painting “with a blank canvas on CNBC’s Squawk Box and will complete the work-of-art during CNBC’s Closing Bell,” this press release says. CNBC will auction the painting and the proceeds will go to charity…

> Also: CNBC is airing a four-part special report, “Future of the Fed,” all this week…

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