Artist Profiles
Artist Profile: Neal Nachman and Liz Stokes of Artistic Creationz
Meet Tampa photographers Neal Nachman and Liz Stokes, the creative partners behind Artistic Creationz’s wildlife, landscape and fine-art photography.
A finished photograph on an art-show wall begins long before the print is hung. For Tampa-based photographers Neal Nachman and Liz Stokes, the work may start with changing light over a coastline, an animal moving through its habitat, or a scene discovered while traveling. Together, the husband-and-wife team creates the fine-art photography of Artistic Creationz.
Two photographers, one collection
Artistic Creationz is a partnership rather than a single photographer’s signature. In their published biography, Nachman and Stokes describe distinct ways of noticing and composing a scene, followed by a shared process of selecting and preparing work for display. Their collection brings those perspectives together across wildlife, landscapes, nature, architecture and travel.
The range matters. A bird in motion asks for different timing than a mountain vista; a quiet coastal image depends on different decisions than a live event. The photographers’ galleries move between those subjects without treating photography as a single genre. Visitors can browse the fine-art photography collection by subject and place.
From editorial assignments to fine art
Before focusing on work for collectors, both photographers made images for music, entertainment and other editorial settings. Their publication history includes regional and national magazines. That background helps explain the emphasis they place on timing and storytelling: some subjects allow time to wait for the right light, while others offer only a brief moment to respond.
On the Artistic Creationz homepage, a Boneyard Beach photograph titled Golden Driftwood shows the coastal side of that practice. Credited to Nachman, it places sculptural driftwood against the ocean and warm light. It is one example of how the pair’s interest in real places and fleeting conditions becomes artwork intended to live beyond the moment it records.
On the show floor
Art shows give viewers a chance to consider a photograph at its finished scale and to talk with the people who made it. Artistic Creationz regularly exhibits in Florida and beyond, presenting photographic work to visitors who may have first encountered an image online. The team’s upcoming-shows calendar lists where to find them next.
For readers meeting the photographers for the first time, the most useful starting point is their story, followed by the galleries. Taken together, they show a practice shaped by two sets of eyes, years of editorial experience and a continuing interest in the natural world.
Reporting note: This profile is based on Artistic Creationz’s published biography, galleries, publication history and show calendar. No interview was conducted for this article.