Fatima Ronquillo: An interview with Nate Ronniger

Nate Ronniger is an Arizona based painter whose playful, theatrical still lifes never fail to delight the eyes. He shows with me at Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, Texas where his two-person show with Anne Ashley opens on November 7th and runs through the 28th. Not surprisingly he has been enjoying much success and recent activities include a group exhibit at the Museum of Art (BYU), a feature in American Art Collector and Desert Living Magazine. I love his work and he’s agreed to let me ask him three questions about his new paintings at Wally’s featuring portraits of miniature replicas of mid-century designer chairs. As the proud owner of an original Eames wire chair inherited from my husband’s grandmother (she used it as a sewing chair, how awesome!) this particular series tickled my fancy…