Dear Michael, Your work is breathtaking.  The aquatints are particularly wonderful.  I'd love to decorate my entire house with them.  Much love, Bea
 

My response to your work is eloquently evoked in the words of Eudora Welty: "Indelibility itself is subjective, is an image; and with the kite up it is so much better not to talk kite at all. Because if it flies, a marvelous one-time-only construction in thin air, that is everything, that is enough." Give us more to see!
-- Frank Wietrzychowski, Brooklyn, New York
 

One look at the Archway and I AM in Volterra. But it is hard to pick a favorite; all of your pieces - landscapes, aquatints, monotypes - transport the viewer. And with each viewing, I see something new and exciting. DEE
--Dee Paulnak, Norwalk, CT
 

Michael, I am really taken by the landscapes. They take me to Italy and give me the feeling of the peace that I usually feel when visiting the small hill towns. Sue Lione
--Sue Lione, New Canaan, CT
 

Michael, Thanks for the update. Terrific site, and I especially enjoyed your new monotypes, which were vivid, and seemed quite a departure from some of the earlier darker ones. Liked the aquatints, too. I just regret having so few $$ :(.
--Vernon McCarthy, Regina, SK
 

Wow! Your pieces look fantastic. So can we negotiate a flat rate for you to do pieces throughout our entire house? Maybe you can put us on a payment plan.
--Doug & Jeanine, Boston, MA
 

Hi, Michael. The new website looks great! Your Tuscan paintings hum with the warmth of the Tuscan sun, your aquatints are breathtaking, and your monotypes are magnificent as usual! Keep up the fine work!! xoxo
--Nancy and Robert Stock
 

cor, like ur work mate!
--tasha, England
 

BEAUTIFUL WORK!
--Carole Gernett, Brick, NJ
 

Hi Michael, Great to see your recent work. And your site's wonderful. My best to you. :^)ackie
--Jackie Flatow, Fairfield, CT
 

Wow, Breath taking. A real feel to Italy in the landscapes, Silk Aquatinits are Excellent too! Good luck with the future. Edd
--Edward Ashforth, Hertfordshire, England
 

Well, I finally have had an opportunity to see your work. I love the colors in the landscapes, that golden Tuscan orange brown has been captured well. I am not ordinarily a fan of abstract paintings but the colors breathe in the Monotypes (what a dreary name for something so colorful).
--Sandy Lione, Martinez,CA
 

Michael I love your work - how do you manage to capture the light so effectively? I have recently visited Tuscany, and tried to paint the beauty in watercolours. Perhaps summer is too green, but I failed miserably.
--Christine Limb, Leeds, W Yorks, England 
 

Michael: Enjoyed viewing your beautiful works... I feel a kinship to them! Good fortune in your continued endeavours
--Ron Gang, painter, Kibbutz Urim, Israel
 

Thanks for the site - I loved the work here.
--Steve Samo, Santa Barbara, CA
 

I like Three Arches a great deal.
--Asher Black, The Haunt, Elsewhere
 

I liked the monotypes
-- Maribel, Washington, DC
 

I especially like your silk aquatints
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Hi, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to see your beautiful work on the Internet! I was very impressed with the Italian landscapes; I lived in that country for a few years and I was born and raised in Europe, probably that is the reason they are so meaningful to me. I assumed that you were a European artist! It was shocking for me to learn that you are an American! I truly wonder how could you understand Europe that well, that intimately. Congratulations! Your landscapes are lyrical, they touch me deeply, also because they are meditative and reflect a mind accustomed to solitude...somewhat like me. I also paint and write poetry as a hobby and search out the works of other artists, however over the many years I do this, I only encountered a couple of painters like you. Please let me know where could I see more of your work? All the best,
--Monique, Vancouver BC Canada
 

Michael, I like your stuff. It's like you paint with clouds. 
--Jay Turner, Austin ,TX 
 

At day's end 1. that was neat. I have never paid much attention to abstract work other than what i have come into contact with from studies. That's the first time I have ever experienced a piece of work like that instead of just looking at it as a composition or great use of space. I think that's the first time I've done that with any piece in a long time. something about getting caught up in studying art so much, you stop being a viewer and you become this hunter. blah. that was neat.
-Gwynn Tavares
 

Thank you so much. Your work is just lovely. I recently discovered monotypes and will pass yr site on to my classmates.
--Diane Edwards, Philadelphia, PA
 

Wow! I am truly moved and speechless.
--Rona Klein, Cambridge, MA