Eileen Seitz was born on the island of Manhattan, New York City and at sixteen, sold her first oil painting to a New York City art dealer; at eighteen, she began to take art classes at Pratt Institute, majoring in Fine Arts.

In 1968, Seitz left Pratt Institute for a year sabbatical and moved to the island of St. Thomas, VI. She arrived at the onset of a seven-day tropical storm. It was then that she understood the power, beauty, grandeur and strength of nature and  knew that she had found her place on earth – the tropics. The light, the colors, the smells of the earth, the sky and clouds, the birds and tropical fruits all free her soul. It is this beauty that inspires her to paint with the colors and compositions she creates, whether it is with watercolors on paper, or oil on canvas, or dyes on fabric. 

“I love to paint with my oil paints on large sized canvas.  My intention is to bring the viewer INTO the paintings, feeling the life force that nature so abundantly shares with me.  This is where the artist steps out and the magic between the viewer and his /her inner self occurs.  This is what I am thankful for, to be a vehicle for. To make the connection for the individual to his SELF so that he too can witness the power of Spirit through the Gift I have been given to share.”
-Eileen Seitz

Schools
Pels Art School, Manhattan, NY
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Media
Watercolors, Oils on Canvas, Mixed Media

Biography