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"Don Justin Meserve’s work demonstrates his careful respect for the history and practice of sculpture. He is also an accomplished craftsman, often called upon to do intricate stonework for architectural restorations…”

- Maine Sunday Telegram

“Unlike in painting, the list of serious sculptors in Maine is short indeed. Don Justin Meserve has a firm place on it. His current stone sculptures have the characteristic of all good sculpture, a sense of mass. His figures have an inherent contrast between an almost transitory image and the texture and weight of stone.”

- Portland Press Herald

“Meserve’s work has the quality of physical presence so important to the art of sculpture, the quality that distinguishes it from the other visual arts. His pieces hold the spaces they occupy.”

- Maine Sunday Telegram

“Sculptor Don Justin Meserve’s work is lyrical and 19th-century in tone, often incorporating classical and ecclesiastical themes, inspired perhaps by his expertise in historic preservation.”

– Maine Times