"What an honor to have been able to present your works as part of Semana Sepharad. Your beauty and gentleness permeate your works. I am so happy to have met (experienced)
you and pray that our paths cross again in the future."
Marilyn Hassid
Houston, TX
"Your paintings reveal deep thought and are very inspiring."
Myles Brody
Houston, TX
"When I first found out about an artist
coming to our class I really didn’t give it much thought, in other words, I didn’t care. However, when she got here and started showing us her work, it caught me totally off guard. I was astonished by her paintings
when I started visualizing them. A particular painting I enjoyed and liked very much was “Jacob’s Dream.” It gave me a sign of how you have two ways of choosing. If you go up the stairs, you’ll have
plenty of angels to guide you to a peaceful eternal life and if you decide to head the other direction, you have no one to guide you and you are left to enter a dark and lonesome world. Therefore, I feel these paintings
were fabulous and had a lot of emotion and feelings put into them for us to discover."
Carla
17 Years Old
Miami
"After looking at some of Jacqueline Ripstein’s pieces I began to think about faith. Her pieces made me wonder about my faith level
and my belief in god. Recently, I’ve had no faith in God or Jesus or any religion and Jacqueline Ripstein’s paintings gave me a holy feeling that made me think of God and Jesus. I don’t think I’ll go join a convent
but maybe I’ll try going to church once."
Ian Maguire
14 Years Old
Aspira School, FL
"Jacqueline Ripstein’s paintings helped me realize that God was truly there and helping
me. The painting of the cliff that ends and then there’s a stairway when the black light is turned on reminds me of times in my past. There have been times in my life when I thought there was no hope.
Jacqueline Ripstein’s paintings were beautiful and full of life. That is what many people need today and I believe that if many people were to see her paintings it would change their view of life and faith. Today’s
society has no faith and with these paintings, it can help the faith come alive. Even though the paintings are a bit different, they are great. It sometimes takes an odd object to notice things. All of Jacqueline
Ripstein’s paintings are a slight of God. I believe she was given this gift to help other people in their daily lives."
Armando Martinez
14 Years Old
Aspira School, FL
