Ketubah styles
Soft, luminous washes and hand-painted color.
Watercolor ketubahs are soft, luminous and personal. Washes of color, painted florals and gentle gradients give each piece a handmade warmth that prints alone cannot match. Many artists offer both fine-art prints and fully hand-painted originals.
Melbourne, Australia
Nikki Green hand-scripts and paints each ketubah in gouache, watercolor, ink, and 23kt gold or silver leaf on heavy Fabriano paper. Her contemporary designs blend the visual language of ancient manuscripts with motifs drawn from the Australian landscape, making every contract a one-of-a-kind commission.
United States
Anna Abramzon runs a boutique studio she describes as contemporary art with a Jewish soul. Her ketubahs are painterly and modern, full of movement and warm color, and she paints custom pieces alongside a signed collection of prints for couples worldwide.
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Mickie Caspi has been designing Judaica and ketubahs for decades, working in watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and gold leaf. Her contracts lean traditional and finely lettered, with border ornament that echoes historic illuminated manuscripts.
United States
Stephanie Caplan blends silk painting, watercolor, collage, and calligraphy into ketubahs with a soft, luminous quality. Her work feels handmade and personal, and she collaborates closely with couples on custom color and text.
Israel
Rachelle Tchiprout paints hand-finished watercolor ketubahs from her studio in Israel under the name The Delicate Brush. Her designs are gentle and floral, available both as fine-art prints and fully hand-painted originals.
United Kingdom
Adriana Saipe works under the studio name Ink With Intent, creating modern, minimalist ketubahs in watercolor, ink, and digital art. Her designs are calm and contemporary, with plenty of open space and gentle color.
United States
Susan Leviton pairs delicate papercutting with soft watercolor backgrounds, often painting scenes of Jerusalem above hand-lettered Aramaic text. Her ketubahs have a quiet, devotional feel and a strong sense of place.
Toronto, Canada
Toronto artist Diane Sidenberg has painted Judaica since the mid-1980s, and her custom ketubahs are known for bright, vivid color. She often works in the language of stained glass, collage, and mosaic, giving her contracts a jewel-like glow.
Toronto, Canada
Rosette Sund is a Toronto-based artist who paints custom ketubahs alongside her broader fine-art practice. Her commissioned contracts are personal and painterly, developed in close conversation with each couple.
South Africa
Born and raised in South Africa, Angela Munitz draws her ketubah designs from nature observed and painted directly. Her work is soft and botanical, built on close attention to flowers, leaves, and light.
Our guide walks through modern vs traditional, papercut vs painted, and how to match the art to your text.
How to choose a ketubah