"Peterson’s latest hyperreal paintings are metaphoric silent witnesses - quintessential portraitures of salient human beings and incorporeal landscapes bathed in dramatic light and shadow. Masterfully executed by a master airbrush painter...a consummate modern Rembrandt of our time. Village Voice Press Release

"Don’t Shed No Tears is at once visceral and ethereal. Be forewarned – these deftly crafted images of chaotic order constrained by extraordinary compositional harmony will remain with you as haunting memories. Portraying a language of white letters, they are unspoken visual messages - but nonetheless not unheard. For most of it, there are no words." Show Prologue, NEXT Gallery

“To witness genocide is to feel not only the chill of your own mortality, but the degradation of all humanity. Even the most brilliant photography cannot capture the landscape of genocide...This room is empty, though it is full. It has been emptied thus, not by the misfortune of disease or disaster, but by the hatred of other people.” Fergal Keane, prizewinning BBC Special Correspondent and author "Season of Blood" – May 6, 2006

“What makes it all the more unnerving is that this horrific subject matter is treated with a sophisticated, hyperrealist airbrush technique…and so exquisitely crafted that I initially took them for photographs. . .trust me; go.” Robert Ayers, Art Info – June 2, 2006 Show Review

“…by making something beautiful and hyper-real in appearance, I think he attempts to remind us that people suffering terribly are living, breathing, thinking, and feeling individuals in need of our attention and help.” Chris Ashley, Look See – June 6, 2006 Show Review

“Maybe we need people who can remind us what being human is all about, its best and its worst. Denis Peterson may not want to be one of those people. But then he may not have a choice." Chris Rywalt, NYC Art – June 7, 2006 Show Review and Interview

"This kind of virtuosity in technique is always impressive, but not to some people’s taste. What makes Peterson’s work doubly interesting is that he has created a show that is designed to benefit the subjects of his paintings: victims of genocide." Peter Ferko, Artists Unite - June 6, 2006 Show Review

"It is the duty of the artist to avoid relying upon unfounded observations of others who become free to proffer what would appear, in retrospect, as otherwise suitable interpretations." JT Kirkland, Thinking About Art July 10, 2006 Interview