Bio
Jennifer Cronin is a visual artist known for her uncanny realistic paintings. Her work has evolved many times over, exploring psychology, inequality, climate change, and liminal spaces. With each iteration is a new attempt to find meaning amidst chaos, and to take comfort in the fabric of our human connection. Jennifer works in her at-home studio in Chicago and is represented by Elephant Room Gallery and Salonlb.
Artist Statement
When the world began to feel a little too gray, I started walking. Often, the route was the same–the same houses, the same alleys, and sometimes the same people. But sometimes, on these otherwise ordinary walks, I would notice something that felt special. Mundane pieces of the landscape arranged just so beckoned me to come closer, look longer.
These seemingly ordinary spaces became portals to something extraordinary–the space between day and night, between known and unknown, between here and there. Returning to these images, editing them, and painting them left me teetering on the edge of something universal, and even, dare I say, spiritual. In these liminal spaces, I found magic. These paintings reflect the convergence of two worlds, the world of ordinary life and the world of sublime imagination.
