“There is, in each of Sawin’s paintings, a mood that suffuses it as a whole. But these are not the identifiable moods that partially define the tradition of the sentimental landscape. Sawin draws on so much of modern art – he would be impossible without the strategies and problems modern art made central – but I know of no artist with whom he can be interestingly compared. His is the kind of vision neglect and resolution make possible. He is very much a loner.”

– Arthur Danto