Stephen Selzler: About the Artist

by Scott Kellogg, Concours Chair photos provided by Stephen Selzler

For the Maverick Region PCA Concours 2022, I am pleased to showcase the art of Stephen Selzler. Stephen is a fine artist / designer with a focus on automotive culture, concours events, and motorsport. He operates his studio out of Dallas, Texas, USA.

Raised as an aspiring automotive designer, Stephen has spent the past decade as a practicing graphic designer and brand strategist, serving various luxury and aspirational brands across North America. Stephen’s influences come from a small variety of particular artists and designers from the American midcentury, pop, and postmodern movements to make up his stylistic repertoire.

“We’re a lot like our cars. In a way, I think it’s similar to how pets tend to reflect the personalities and likeness

of their owners. They say a lot about what kind of person we are, and what/who we aspire to be; whether we’re intense or easy going, ambitious or cautious, friendly or aggressive, and everything in between. The automobile is perhaps the only human invention that mirrors the unique traits of every man, woman, and child with arresting accuracy. It’s poetic, really.

“Much of my automotive work seeks to capture that relationship, the one between man and machine. Whether it’s a group of gawking observers attending a ritzy concours event, or an intimate moment of a father showing his young daughter the curiosities of a gated dogleg shifter, these moments celebrate the uniqueness our automobiles bring out in each of us.

We are honored to have Stephen as our Concours 2022 featured artist. I hope his art brings the joy and excitement of the automobile to you and your garage.