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Eric Stefanski Deck of Hearts For Sale
Eric Stefanski
Deck of Hearts, 2026
Acrylic on canvas
About this work
Eric Stefanski's "Deck of Hearts" renders language as both subject and surface, transforming familiar phrases into visual weight. The canvas presents text arranged in deliberate accumulation, each word carrying the ghost of sentiment—declarations, fragments, perhaps the scattered vocabulary of romantic chance. Stefanski's characteristic approach treats letters not as vessels for meaning but as material presence, their forms building texture and rhythm across the picture plane. The acrylic application varies between passages of density and breath, creating topography from typography. The work operates in the territory between legibility and abstraction. Some phrases emerge clearly while others dissolve into gesture, mimicking the way emotional language functions in lived experience—sometimes sharp, sometimes half-remembered. The title suggests games of chance and vulnerability, the heart as something dealt and played, won and lost. Stefanski captures this precariousness through compositional tension, words stacked like cards that might collapse or cohere depending on the viewer's angle of approach. Within the artist's broader practice, "Deck of Hearts" demonstrates his ongoing investigation into text as emotional residue. Where traditional painting captures light on form, Stefanski captures the afterimage of communication—what remains when words have been spoken and their sound has faded. The work asks whether language can hold feeling or only gesture toward it, whether repetition deepens or empties meaning. The palette and scale invite sustained attention, rewarding viewers who trace individual phrases while maintaining compositional unity from a distance. For acquisition inquiries regarding "Deck of Hearts," contact Guy Hepner gallery in New York.
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Edition & Provenance
- Year
- 2026
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
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About Eric Stefanski
Eric Stefanski is a Chicago based artist known for large scale abstract paintings that incorporate bold, handwritten text. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and earned his MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 2015.
Stefanski's work merges expressive mark making with direct, often humorous or self-deprecating phrases, using language as a way into larger themes around vulnerability, failure, and the pressures of maintaining a creative practice. His large-scale canvases favor vibrant color and bold lettering, with text functioning less as slogan and more as fragments of internal dialogue, blending humor with genuine emotional weight. Through this approach, Stefanski examines what it means to sustain a life as a working artist, treating uncertainty and contradiction as part of the process rather than something to resolve.
His work has been shown extensively in Chicago and Boston, along with solo exhibitions in cities including Tokyo and Madrid, and has continued to expand into galleries and institutions internationally.
He continues to live and work in Chicago.
Guy Hepner works with collectors seeking Eric Stefanski's bold, text-driven abstract paintings. Contact us to discuss available inventory or to inquire about upcoming releases.