”Ahrens’ work exudes an openness of narrative and form that lets the work live and breathe. The viewer
can enter the work and make it personal. Ahrens does not monopolize the interpretative
space; rather she leaves it open so that the work has time to grow within the viewer. 
Her visual language is carefully measured to tweak our senses:……”

Fergus McCaffrey, Sculpture Magazine / April 2000 Vol. 19 N0.3