De Obaldia's sculptured figures can evoke another kind of power, the dark side of the human spirit, so frightening that it is difficult to contemplate and, therefore, to even express. In De Obaldia's Medusa, we come dangerously close to the nightmarish edge of violence, destruction, and cruelty of which humanity is capable.

-Penny C. Morrill, New Work, New York, Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, 2004