“When I look in the mirror I see the person I think I know. When I look at "Portrait of a Pleasure Activist" I see so much more. It was a pleasure unto itself to sit for Betsy, and then to discover that she is not only assuredly skilled in the technical aspect of painting but remarkably insightful in making a portrait. I find in her art that her subjects have inner lives that are as palpable as the external features Betsy so masterfully reveals." –Fred Plotkin