"From the moment I chose to purchase United States Astronaut from Anna Polani (Poliakova), she has been in constant contact with me. When I purchased the painting, it was a day away from being part of an exhibit. I told her to keep it in the exhibit and send it to me afterwards. I find value knowing it was exhibited. Once the show ended, she had it in the mail, and it arrived quickly. She did an excellent job of packaging her painting so it could travel from Russia to the United States undamaged, She also include some wonderful extras: Stickers and cards, along with a nice hand written note of thanks. Seeing United States Astronaut in person makes me love it even more. I already know I will be adding more paintings by Anna to my collection. I have been collecting artwork since 1989 and have collected over 150 paintings."