Kronenberg, Joe 1968 -
”Born in 1968, and residing in beautiful Spirit Lake, Idaho with his wife and children, Joe Kronenberg is a native of the Pacific Northwest. From a young age he has had a love of art. “Growing up I was constantly drawing. I took all the art classes I could fit in through my high school years. Upon graduating I started my first year in a commercial art program. I figured out soon that commercial art was not my path, so I left before completing my first year landing in the sales industry, which is where I worked for the next twenty years. In 2004 I made a decision that an artist was what I was meant to be so I took a job that allowed me to work from my home with some time on the road in my territory of Eastern Washington, Idaho and Western Montana. This allowed me more control over my time to paint when I was home with the added benefit of traveling around some of the most beautiful areas in the country while servicing my accounts. I took my camera with me every trip and many times would stop to photograph deer, elk, moose, buffalo, big horn sheep and some amazing scenery for paintings when I got home. That same year I applied for and was accepted for an exhibitor’s booth in my first western and wildlife art show. It was an exciting time. I would take whatever I was working on with me when I traveled and work on it in my hotel room at night. When I was home I would work my job during the day and then head to the studio to paint until the late hours of the night. Sometimes I would sneak out of bed and back down to my studio to paint.”
“I feel tremendously blessed to be able to make a living doing what I am passionate about. I look forward now to passing on some of my knowledge to my children with the hope that they may one day share and enjoy the same passion.”
