Eric Stefanski I Want You In My Mouth For Sale

About this work

Eric Stefanski's "I Want You In My Mouth" delivers its message with the artist's characteristic directness, rendering desire as raw typography against a charged field of color. The words sit heavy on the canvas, their letterforms rendered in Stefanski's distinctive hand—neither mechanical nor decorative, but carrying the tremor of genuine utterance. The phrase operates on multiple registers: carnal, consuming, desperate. It speaks to appetite in its most elemental form, the wish to take another person in completely, to make them part of oneself. Stefanski works in the space where language becomes image, where reading becomes feeling. His text-based paintings strip away pictorial narrative to leave only the residue of emotion—what remains when everything but the essential statement has burned away. The words themselves become portraiture, landscapes of longing rendered in pigment. In this work, the oil medium adds weight and presence, each letter built through accumulated brushwork that rewards close looking. Within Stefanski's broader practice, this piece belongs to his ongoing investigation of intimacy spoken aloud, the vulnerability of voicing want without metaphor or protection. The scale invites personal encounter rather than public proclamation; this is a confession meant for one, overheard by many. The painting doesn't illustrate desire—it performs it, turning the gallery wall into a site of exposed need. The work resonates with collectors drawn to language-based contemporary practice and emotionally direct expression. For acquisition inquiries, contact Guy Hepner gallery in New York.