The monotype is a single print made by pressing the paper onto a composition painted with oils or ink on a hard surface like glass. Of all the graphic arts techniques (intaglio, relief or serigraph) it provides artists with instant satisfaction but deprives them of a limited edition, for no two monotypes can ever be the same. Pamela Silver's (b. South Africa, 1948) abstract monotypes created at the Jerusalem Print Workshop in 1998, transmit compositionally and chromatically, a broad spectrum of human emotions. One after another, from receiving Nourishment, an expressive surge of unsullied carmines, vibrant yellows and ultramarines to rusty bars and silver gray background of tame composition entitled Two People Four Ways, Silver employs a stream of consciousness to translate color, shape and line images, smells and sounds of dreams and memories from an emotional stockroom. A talented painter of watercolors, a technique in which immediacy also plays an important role, Silver manages prints with ease and efficiency.

Pamela Silver's work has spontaneity, energy and a free flow of color. Her paintings reflect the well known transparent and airy qualities of watercolors. Silver is a virtuoso with this technique and uses it correctly and with relevance to her artistic statement.