"When exhibited at the National Museum of American Art, Achepohl was making gorgeously colored watercolors from angled, nearly abstract forms that somehow echoed the solidity of classic architecture without literally restating it -- except for openings that revealed an expanse of blue sky, establishing depth and distance... Achepohl does not like his art to be called semi-abstract, but that is what it has been until the recent series of paintings. His expressed intention is to bring the ancient world back to life, and to give us a sense of being at one with it... As an example of an artist whose life is a journey of exploration rather than a one-way trip to fame and fashion, Achepohl is a special treat. " Jo Ann Lewis, Washington Post, April 1987