Kristin Cronic is a Florida-based artist and military veteran whose work draws on her experience in the United States Navy. In Morning Colors, she depicts the Navy’s morning ritual of raising the national flag to mark the beginning of the day and honor the sacrifices of service members. Cronic describes her work as “a quiet rebellion against modern noise, returning to slowness and tactile wonder of my own humanity. The work invites viewers to recognize within themselves the same power, resounding tenderness, and magnificent interconnected nature of human existence… and to wholly embrace what is already holy in each of us.”
After accepting an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, Cronic was commissioned as an Ensign and continued to paint between deployments and duty assignments, later retiring to pursue art full time. She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in visual art from Jacksonville University, Florida, where she teaches as a drawing professor. Her work has been exhibited at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, Columbus, Ohio; the U.S. Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; and the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.
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https://www.kristincronicart.com
