“Michaela Ridgway’s images balance bold, spare human drama with a frail, unfinished state of becoming. Her devotion to practice and process gives the work a mystique, an internal contradiction, that makes it compelling and timeless.”

“Every time I see a new painting by Michaela Ridgway I feel a surge of joy. What most astounds me is the extraordinary confidence in the way they are painted. They are so brave, exploratory, intimate.”

“Michaela literally draws you in to her line of vision and you stand in wonderment at what she notices and how she explains it to you through her work.”

“Michaela is a very honest painter, she just does it, no nonsense. And her paintings always seem to cheer me up.”

“Michaela Ridgway’s art gets to the heart of the matter, through purity and clarity; unburdened by ego or fancy footwork. Her paintings attain an essence, much like alchemy - leaving behind, and editing out that which is unnecessary.”