Because of her interest in learning to work with new materials, Christina Cushman Gersten searched for a way to unite her knowledge of mediums. In 2004, her digital composite skills formed as a likely progression of her skills, enabling her to characterize her abilities and awareness in a unique form. Christina's particular use of combining so many disciplines of traditional and contemporary mediums is one that is uncommon; although, its creation seems natural, as she is able to join her skills in painting, photography and digital art. This recent series illustrates a dynamic process of creating art.

Christina studied oil painting in Florence, Rome, Paris, San Miguel de Allende, as well as in the United States with a B.A. cum laude in Fine Art and Art History from Tulane University in New Orleans. Christina's development of photography skills spurred out of love for the optical, which lead her to USC School of Cinema/Television, where she received her M.F.A. in production in 1996. The next eight years, she dedicated herself to the arts, producing several hundred works, including mostly oil paintings and charcoals, sculpture, celluloid and digital photography, glass art, printmaking, motion picture 'art' films, screenplays and poetry.

Christina has displayed and sold her paintings privately for many years. With the release of her first digital mixed media series Gaze, the first edition of Transition, 2004, Three Faces of la Femme, 2004, Self Portrait, 2004, and Cake, 2004 are currently exhibited at Central restaurant in West Hollywood, California, and Marie and Lady Night, 2004, is displayed at Larry Smith Fine Art also in West Hollywood. Storefront, 2004, is currently showing at Privé salon also in Los Angeles. Christina's artwork created prior to 2004, is privately held in various collections across the United States.

Gaze is a series of eight digital mixed media backlit prints with custom illumination panels of fluorescent light. Each piece has a limited edition of twenty, and currently there are editions of each piece available for purchasing. Pricing of the available prints, more information about commissions and portraits, as well as discussion on this series of work is by request.