I am a native Texan, born and raised on the Gulf Coast. My love of glass began in 1983 and I spent the next 25 years working for glass artists around the country. The knowledge and experience I gained opened the door for me to create G Kronke Studios and I am also associated with East By South East Studios, LLC in Austin, Tx.
My strong connection to nature is rooted in my passion for hiking and exploring the outdoors. My work is a reflection of the awe and wonder I feel at nature's ability to create the rare and exotic.
I strive to create textures that compel touch, colors that provoke memory, and shapes that expand reality. Life/art ever evolves, seeking a vessel, a shape, a texture, a color - a path to expression. And once created, each possesses an essence of life, a statement of being.
Selected Group Shows
2015 Art Center of Corpus Christi
Solo Show - Coming Home Series
Corpus Christi, TX
2014 Austin Bergstrom International Airport
Terminal Exhibition
Austin, TX
2013 Kittrell/Riffkind, Featured Artist Series, Dallas, TX
2012 East Austin Studio Tour, Group Show, Austin, TX
2012 Pump Project, Fire Works: Ceramics, Glass, Metal, Austin, TX
2011 MSC Forsyth Center, Vivid Transcendence: Contemporary Glass by regional artists, A & M University, Bryan, TX
2011 East Austin Studio Tour, Group Show, Austin, TX
2010 Pump Project, Fired Up, Austin, TX
2010 Daugherty Arts Center, Collaboration, Austin, TX
2010 Peoples Gallery Exhibit, Austin City Hall
2010 Hot Glass, Cool City, Austin Bergstrom International Airport
2009 Kittrell/Riffkind, Emerging Artists: The Next Generation, Dallas, TX
2008 Kittrell/Riffkind, 18th Anniversary One of A Kind Invitational, Dallas, TX
2008 Rockport Arts Center, Wood/Metal/Glass Invitational, Rockport, TX
2008 Bullseye Glass, E-merge finalist Show, Portland, OR
2008 Kittrell/Riffkind, Lone Star Invitational, Dallas, TX
My strong connection to nature is rooted in my passion for hiking and exploring the outdoors. My work is a reflection of the awe and wonder I feel at nature's ability to create the rare and exotic.
I strive to create textures that compel touch, colors that provoke memory, and shapes that expand reality. Life/art ever evolves, seeking a vessel, a shape, a texture, a color - a path to expression. And once created, each possesses an essence of life, a statement of being.
Selected Group Shows
2015 Art Center of Corpus Christi
Solo Show - Coming Home Series
Corpus Christi, TX
2014 Austin Bergstrom International Airport
Terminal Exhibition
Austin, TX
2013 Kittrell/Riffkind, Featured Artist Series, Dallas, TX
2012 East Austin Studio Tour, Group Show, Austin, TX
2012 Pump Project, Fire Works: Ceramics, Glass, Metal, Austin, TX
2011 MSC Forsyth Center, Vivid Transcendence: Contemporary Glass by regional artists, A & M University, Bryan, TX
2011 East Austin Studio Tour, Group Show, Austin, TX
2010 Pump Project, Fired Up, Austin, TX
2010 Daugherty Arts Center, Collaboration, Austin, TX
2010 Peoples Gallery Exhibit, Austin City Hall
2010 Hot Glass, Cool City, Austin Bergstrom International Airport
2009 Kittrell/Riffkind, Emerging Artists: The Next Generation, Dallas, TX
2008 Kittrell/Riffkind, 18th Anniversary One of A Kind Invitational, Dallas, TX
2008 Rockport Arts Center, Wood/Metal/Glass Invitational, Rockport, TX
2008 Bullseye Glass, E-merge finalist Show, Portland, OR
2008 Kittrell/Riffkind, Lone Star Invitational, Dallas, TX