Eric Rottcher

My work comes from what I haven’t resolved—memories, fears, contradictions. Using collage, décollage, paint, and found materials, I create mixed media pieces that hold a tension between beauty and decay, honesty and secrecy, humor and heartbreak. There’s no neat narrative. I build up layers, then tear them down—scratching with a razor blade, washing it all down with a hose, and building it up again. Each piece digs into what’s unstable, fractured, or missing. Personal history becomes metaphor, and at the core—addiction, grief, trauma—isn’t just a theme. It’s the substance the work is built from.

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