Hi Mike!!

THANK YOU so much for the GORGEOUS print!! Charles and I both love it,

and I'm going to get it framed this week. Your home will have a wonderful place

 in our home!   I'm very appreciative, and will enjoy this vision of your world on

that particular day for a very long time. Any time you feel a tinge of residual

soreness in your back from that pointy stick, just remember that it was, in some

 small way, worth it! Ha ha.

Peace and light to you,
Alex

...and for a walk by the sea, visit "Notes from the Kelp":
http://www.alexshapiro.org/blog/

San Juan Islands, Washington State, U.S.A

Dear Mike,

Your amazing photographs have been a wonderful

 addition to our gallery.

Your work is unique in its attention to detail and

exquisite compositions.

The Corners Gallery
Ithaca, New York

One of your first works I came across is the "Wilds Oats in the Reavis Gap" video.  Like your photos,

 this video takes the viewer to a place where one can be at peace: being able to step back and contemplate

 nature's' marvels in admiration and wonder is an emotion I experience in your work.

 THANK YOU, Mike, for opening this window for me.

Carlos Ramon

http://www.deseoworks.com/page.php?cid=about

Kansas City, Missouri

Mike!!!

About  your photograph "Cochise Dawn," to see such an image and then to capture it, goes far beyond words. 

A truly great picture Mike, and one that could be easily accompanied by a thousand words.

I see you have the same amount of passion of what lies in front as you do from what you are seeing in the lens. 

Martin Whelan

Your work reminds me of the

early American painters that

went west and brought back

huge canvases that made

 everyone want to head to the

Rockies. People like Church

and Bierstadt come to mind.

 Your work has the ability to

 evoke those same feelings.

 I really need to head out west

after peering into your work.

You really have a great sense

of design, light, and color.

Dave Martsolf

http://davemartsolf.imagekind.com/

Windham,

New Hampshire

Dear Mike,

You are an artist who works through the medium of the camera. You capture

more texture and depth with a lens than most artists can do with a brush. 

Your eye for detail is to the visual realm what the right word is to good writing.

 Your photographs and posters are like doors: transporting the viewer to another

season, place and mood.

Mike Wise
Hong Kong

Dear Mike,

The photograph "Winter Dream: Homestead" has a feeling of sadness, cold and inner reflection, just as I imagine winter to be.  You created a strong

nostalgia for this season through the use of black and white and the

 strong composition of your image.

Mariu Paolina
Journalist and Photographer ~ Caracas, Venezuela

Dear Mike,

Your photography has really come into it’s own in the

past few years – your outdoor scenes provide us with

 vivid memories of our home in Ithaca, when we are in

other parts of the world.

The Alexander Family
Lansing, New York