"Looking Back" - 2020
“Night Terrors” Series - 22" x 22", acrylic on canvas with brush and pallet knife
“I grew up with Night Terrors as a kid, when they finally went away they were replaced with chronic migraines. Needless to say I had a lot I wanted to let out artistically, but (for many, many reasons) I didn’t know how to start, where, or why, or even when. In post-secondary, painting class was where I learned how to do just that.
My teacher said, ‘Don’t paint something made up, paint something you know’. A lot of my peers were confused by this statement, wanting to paint unknown and fantasy worlds. I painted the abstract, the confusing, the unknown, but I knew it all too well. I painted exactly what I saw growing up.
It’s a series I’d love to come back to, but I’ve faced a lot of those demons in other ways. I’m very proud of this limited series.” - Eric Olcsvary
“Night Terrors” Series - 22" x 22", acrylic on canvas with brush and pallet knife
“I grew up with Night Terrors as a kid, when they finally went away they were replaced with chronic migraines. Needless to say I had a lot I wanted to let out artistically, but (for many, many reasons) I didn’t know how to start, where, or why, or even when. In post-secondary, painting class was where I learned how to do just that.
My teacher said, ‘Don’t paint something made up, paint something you know’. A lot of my peers were confused by this statement, wanting to paint unknown and fantasy worlds. I painted the abstract, the confusing, the unknown, but I knew it all too well. I painted exactly what I saw growing up.
It’s a series I’d love to come back to, but I’ve faced a lot of those demons in other ways. I’m very proud of this limited series.” - Eric Olcsvary
“Night Terrors” Series - 22" x 22", acrylic on canvas with brush and pallet knife
“I grew up with Night Terrors as a kid, when they finally went away they were replaced with chronic migraines. Needless to say I had a lot I wanted to let out artistically, but (for many, many reasons) I didn’t know how to start, where, or why, or even when. In post-secondary, painting class was where I learned how to do just that.
My teacher said, ‘Don’t paint something made up, paint something you know’. A lot of my peers were confused by this statement, wanting to paint unknown and fantasy worlds. I painted the abstract, the confusing, the unknown, but I knew it all too well. I painted exactly what I saw growing up.
It’s a series I’d love to come back to, but I’ve faced a lot of those demons in other ways. I’m very proud of this limited series.” - Eric Olcsvary