Eric Rottcher

My work explores the emotional and psychological weight of personal secrets, grief, addiction, and the fractured nature of memory. Rather than follow a traditional narrative structure, my pieces offer glimpses—fragments of stories that emerge out of sequence.

Through layering and erasure, I allow what’s buried to surface, creating a visual language that mirrors the instability of lived experience. The process is paramount. I work intuitively, layering materials, tearing them away and reworking the surface to allow meaning to emerge. Ultimately, my works are quiet confessions—gestures that seek no absolution, only release.

My hope is that viewers reflect on the things we try to forget—the memories, regrets, and truths that linger just beneath the surface. By giving form to what resists articulation, I hope to offer a space where the hidden can be held, and maybe, finally heard.