Phyllis Seltzer (b.1928 )

This artist has maintained a traditional approach towards her recognizable subject matter and has been an innovator as a printmaker. For 20 years, her heat transfer method has produced work that is of vibrant color. It is launched from a painting created with stabilo pencil and oil paint that acts as the plate. Seltzer divides the completed painting into sizes compatible with the imagery and the size of the new paper. The plate is laid on the laser copier and sheets of heat transfer paper are run through the machine. This paper is coated with a special emulsion which absorbs and holds the colors via an electrically charged field. She has been honored locally and nationally and has exhibited internationally.