Mark, I'm sorry to hear this news, but at the same time if it means more time on more meaningful persuits like family I wish you all the best. I know sometimes when I can pull myself away from my hobby and spend more time with my loved ones it is very gratifying, probably more so than the hours I spend toiling on bicycles.

In any case, as others have said you are an artist and there will be critics and especially ones who don't have a clue. My guest is you had someone displeased with a job because the paint wasn't like the original job. Well that is not what we are trying to do. If they wanted thin brittle italain paint they could have done it themselves with a spray can. You're work supurb and it is your own not anyone elses, if they don;t like how YOU paint then that is their problem. Those of us who solicit your work do so because we want what YOU do. I am lucky enough to have the one bike I will ever restore done By Dr. Deltron. It is a significant piece of bicycle history and I will keep it always.