Bonnie Christine grew up in her mom's quilt shop with no formal training and no plan to become an artist. Today she runs a multi-seven-figure surface pattern design business built on licensing, education, and a print magazine. In this episode, she shares why residual revenue changed everything for her, why she believes teaching what you know is a responsibility, and how she designs her business around the life she actually wants to live.

Massachusetts-based artist Sarah Valinezhad speaks with Create! Magazine about her research-driven practice centered on Iranian women's lived experiences, the emotional weight of interior spaces, and why she sees painting as an act of witnessing rather than representation.

Step inside Eustace Mamba's debut solo exhibition, Lavender, at Paradigm Gallery in Philadelphia. Discover how vibrant paintings and collages celebrate urban nature, history, and hope.

Artist the Tracy Piper has spent five years asking people what it means to feel seen. In this episode of the Create Podcast, she shares how the SEEN portrait project began, what she has learned from painting over 250 people, and why the work is rooted in community, belonging, and connection.

Suzanne V Paddock didn't set out to become an animal painter, she arrived there through grief, isolation, and a household that grew to nine cats and a dog. In this interview, the Virginia-based oil painter talks about what her pets have taught her about trust and social dynamics, how a devastating loss during the pandemic realigned her sense of purpose, and why the most meaningful moments in her work are the ones that are easy to overlook.

Step inside the creative process with Create! Magazine Issue 57. Guest curated by Square One Gallery, this edition explores the magic of making contemporary art.

Writing a handwritten letter requires care, slowness, and a certain level of thoughtfulness in each word. For artist Pepi Erdbories, there is intimacy in the ink. In this interview, learn about her ceramic Love Letter series, with each letter offering a “small act of presence.”

What happens when the government actually funds the creative economy? Step inside the Citizen Artist exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum to explore the vital history of the WPA and CETA programs.

Meet the artists selected for Create! Magazine Issue 58: In Full Color, guest curated by art advisor and gallery owner Liz Lidgett. Out in print and digital this August.

San Francisco Bay Area artist Chelsea Tikotsky paints the moments we almost miss, golden light on water, a shift in the sky, the quiet magic of a landscape at dusk. Working primarily with a palette knife, she builds richly textured oil paintings that move between serene landscapes and lush botanicals, each carrying its own emotional register. In this interview, she reflects on the experiences that shaped her practice, the literature and films that inspire her botanical work, and what she hopes to explore next.

Feeling burned out and spread too thin? Alex Mitow and Sharone Halevy of the Superfair join the Create! Podcast to break down what is really happening in the artist community right now and what to do about it.

Studio artist Robyn Palescandolo (signed R Palesca) finds the extraordinary in everyday objects, painting with a quiet intensity rooted in minimalism and classical technique. In this interview, she reflects on her years running a painting retreat in rural Italy, the tension between precision and spontaneity in her work, and what draws her back to figurative painting next.

Create! Magazine presents In Bloom, an online group exhibition on Artsy featuring 19 artists from the Create! Collective exploring themes of growth, renewal, and transformation across painting, sculpture, and mixed media.

Multidisciplinary artist Noémie Marmara presents Vessels for Worlds, a solo exhibition of sculptural ceramic works and film photography at Les Casemates de la Création in Antibes, France, on view July 2 through July 29, 2026.

In this interview, Bucharest-based artist Alexandra Niculescu reflects on the influence of Calea Victoriei, the emergence of her "Arcs of Hope," and how painting became a space for transformation, healing, and resilience.

Viraj Khanna and Brian Robertson present new textile and mixed media works at GR Gallery in New York, on view June 19 through August 1, 2026. Explore themes of identity, authenticity, and the performative nature of social media culture.

The Untitled Space presents "Women of Water, Women of Earth," a solo exhibition by photographer and environmental artist Natalie Karpushenko, on view June 25 through July 17, 2026 in New York.

From Giotto to Hockney, dogs have watched over Western art for thousands of years. Historian Thomas W. Laqueur's new book asks why, and what that says about us.