Joey Mánlapaz not only can paint with the best of realist masters, but she can run circles around most artists when it comes to hard work... the work ethic of this artist, when combined with her enviable technical, allegorical and observational painting skills, all add up to deliver work that is not only the kind of work that "stops" the strolling crowd in a museum, but also delivers a moment in time captured in glorious detail.

— Lenny Campello, Art Critic