CHRISTINA NAFZIGER

Create! Magazine • 31st March 2023

Capturing Nature's Stillness: Interview with Raven Green

In this exclusive interview, Florida-based artist Raven Green tells us about her painting practice inspired by the stillness within nature. Learn about her method of using gouache, the types of landscapes that interest her, and the ways in which she...

Create! Magazine • 28th February 2023

Interview with Issue #33 Cover Artist Nadine Robbins

Get to know Nadine Robbins, whose work serves to echo the reality of the American experience—one that is diverse, fluid and multifaceted. In her own words, Robbins says, “My nude and portrait paintings tell the stories of ordinary people from all...

Ruckus Journal • 18th January 2023

Kelly Kristin Jones: Q&A

Chicago artist Kelly Kristin Jones creates photo-based work that challenges, interrogates, and investigates the remnants of white supremacy that linger in our visual culture and iconography. Thanks to recent calls to remove contested monuments from...

Create! Magazine • 17th January 2023

Exploring the Urban Fringe: Interview with Valeri Larko

Valeri Larko is best know for her densely painted landscapes of the urban fringe, all of which she paints on location. She is attracted to the decaying and abandoned structures that populated the outskirts of America’s urban centers and the stories...

Create! Magazine • 14th January 2023

Celebrating Each Detail of Life: Interview with Tim Nighswander

Tim Nighswander's photography does much more than merely capture the beauty of a flower. It compels us to stop, to look deeper, to spend time and notice each small detail of a flower's lifecycle--from life to death. Through his work, Nighswander...

Create! Magazine • 30th December 2022

Finding Your Groove: An Interview with Greg Borman

For anyone who is familiar with the art of printmaking, it can often be a labor-intensive process. For San Francisco-based artist Greg Borman, it brings community, immediacy, and satisfaction. In this new interview, Borman describes his monoprinting...

Create! Magazine • 13th December 2022

Putting in the Work: Interview with Watercolorist Arline Mann

In this new interview, artist Arline Mann and I discuss the challenges that come along with growing as an artist, why she keeps on returning to watercolor, and the dedicated work it truly takes to learn to render her subjects realistically. Join us as...

Create! Magazine • 7th December 2022

A Call for a Greener Approach: Interview with Sandra Lapage

In this in-depth interview, we take a deep dive into the work of interdisciplinary artist Sandra Lapage, whose artwork is a call to arms for a greener approach to consumerism. Join us as we discuss the artist's use of found materials, the role of 'the...

Create! Magazine • 9th November 2022

Seeing Nature as Endless Possibility: Interview with Neena Buxani

In this exclusive interview, artist Neena Buxani tells us how she finds inspiration all around her. For her, nature is full of endless beauty and possibilities. A self-taught artist, Neena discusses the value of spending hours working on your craft,...

Create! Magazine • 3rd November 2022

Telling Your Story in the Archive: Interview with Richard Poulin

Learn about the life and work of artist, designer, educator, and author, Richard Poulin! The artist made the move from New York City to Southern California to retire from a successful career in design consulting and pursue his art-making practice.

Create! Magazine • 20th October 2022

Stepping Into Your Own Reflection: Interview with Katrina Thibodeau

Katrina Thibodeau's work is filled with emotion; it is raw, intense, leaving a permanent mark on each of her viewers. If not for their intensity, you will surely remember her work from their incredible detail, as the artist has an incredible talent...

Create! Magazine • 22nd September 2022

Universal Understanding Through Art: Interview with Marguerite Wibaux

In this interview, Marguerite Wibaux shares her journey as an artist and her deep interest in identity; how her work interrogates the self and how others see us, challenging us to look inside ourselves to our core.

Create! Magazine • 21st September 2022

Embracing Yourself Through Art: Interview with India-Lily / Dily

For Dily Terry, everyone is an artist as long as you have a passion for making art. Based in Bristol, UK, the artist's passion can be felt in her sensual and bold nude figures. Whether through painting, drawing, or digital art-making methods, a...

Create! Magazine • 13th September 2022

Digital Nostalgia: An Interview with E.C. Miller

Digital Nostalgia is a series of interviews with artists whose works playfully use imagery found from the early days of the Internet. Their aesthetic not only draws from the pixelated symbols and graphics of this era, but also from the relics of...

Create! Magazine • 26th August 2022

Sharing Stories in a Personal Way: Interview with Nneka Peters

In this in-depth interview, Brooklyn-based artist Nneka Peters tells us how the vibrant and joyful culture of her neighborhood and Jamaica--where her family is from--influences her incredible work. Join us in conversation as we discuss what originally...

Create! Magazine • 16th August 2022

Realism That Captivates the Soul: Interview with Taylor Mouroufas

In this intimate interview, Christina Nafziger talks with self-taught artist Taylor Mouroufas about her unbelievably realistic and breathtaking paintings. Describing her work as compelling and fearless, Taylor discusses the joy she finds in the small...

Create! Magazine • 10th August 2022

Putting What Makes You Different in the Spotlight: Interview with Andy Vible

In this interview, Andy Vible tells us about messages from his childhood, the deep connection he has with the work of Salvador Dali, and the importance of putting what makes you different in the spotlight.

Sixty Inches From Center • 30th June 2022

Approaches and Strategies within Hospitality: An Interview with Curator Sylvie Fortin

Earlier this year I spoke with the 2019-2021 curator-in-residence, Sylvie Fortin. Originally from Montréal, Canada, Fortin is an independent curator, researcher, critic, and editor whose work focuses on the notion of hospitality as well as its...

Create! Magazine • 13th June 2022

Deepening Intimacy Through Portraiture: Interview with Nina Baxter

When painting the figure, an artist may see the person as purely subject. The body can be symbolic, a stand in for a concept, idea, or experience. For London-based artist Nina Baxter, her figurative portraits are a gateway to intimacy, a way to deepen...

Create! Magazine • 12th May 2022

Honoring Our Caregivers: Interview with Leni Whitford

In this interview, Leni Whitford tells me about the long line of creatives in her family, her experience as a nurse, and the joy she finds in the details of realistic paintings. Inspired by her own experience working as a nurse, she began creating...