Eric Stefanski Getting My Shit Together For Sale

About this work

Eric Stefanski's *Getting My Shit Together* presents its titular phrase in the artist's characteristic hand-rendered lettering, the words sprawling across the canvas with a casualness that belies their emotional weight. The phrase appears in muted tones against a worked, layered ground—Stefanski's surfaces never feel pristine but rather accumulate texture and history, as though the words have been excavated rather than simply applied. The letterforms themselves carry an intimacy, slightly irregular, breathing with the imperfection of genuine human expression rather than typographic precision. The statement operates in that liminal space Stefanski so often explores: simultaneously a declaration of intent and an admission of ongoing struggle. There is humor here, the self-deprecating kind that functions as both shield and confession. The phrase suggests perpetual becoming, the eternal promise we make to ourselves about future organization, future clarity, future wholeness. Stefanski captures how language becomes a container for aspiration, anxiety, and the very human tendency to narrate our own chaos. Within his broader practice, this work exemplifies Stefanski's ability to transform vernacular speech into visual poetry. His paintings treat words not as information but as emotional artifacts, traces of interior life made visible. The scale—sixty by forty-eight inches—gives the statement monumental presence, elevating private self-talk to the status of public declaration. It hangs somewhere between mantra and confession, speaking to anyone who has muttered these exact words while staring at their own reflection. For acquisition inquiries, contact Guy Hepner, New York.