Neil H. Cronk / The Paintings

The Paintings

92 works, arranged by subject

The complete gallery of Neil H. Cronk’s paintings — oils, acrylics and drawings made between Austin, Texas and the highlands of Michoacán, Mexico. Browse by the subjects he returned to again and again.

Chairs & Offerings

The empty chair as icon — ladder-back Michoacán chairs, candles and ofrendas set out in the open fields. Cronk’s most enduring theme. 14 works

Reading Chair at Dawn — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Reading Chair at DawnOil on Canvas · 2014Available

Take the One Seat — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Take the One SeatOil on Canvas · 2014Available

Vantage Point — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Vantage PointOil on Canvas · 2014Available

Hanging Chair — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Hanging ChairOil on Canvas · 2004

Ofrenda de Calabaza — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Ofrenda de CalabazaOil on Canvas · 2002

Evening with Chair Offering — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Evening with Chair OfferingOil on Panel · 2006

Crow Chair — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Crow ChairOil on Canvas · 1999

Chair Offering III — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Chair Offering IIIOil on Canvas · 1999

Noche de Muertos, Chericuato, Michoacán — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Noche de Muertos, Chericuato, MichoacánOil on Canvas · 1998

Chair Offering II — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Chair Offering IIAcrylic on Panel · 2000

Chair Offerings — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Chair OfferingsOil on Canvas · 1998

A Relaxing Perusal of a Mentally Stimulating Nature — painting by Neil H. Cronk — A Relaxing Perusal of a Mentally Stimulating NatureOil on Canvas · 2008

Early Morning Read — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Early Morning ReadOil on Canvas · 2007

Oak Library Set — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Oak Library SetOil on Canvas · 2006

Rooms & Interiors

Kitchens, bedrooms and studies that open onto the countryside; still lifes, pianos and quiet shelves. 21 works

La Casa del Obrero con Metate y Molcajete — painting by Neil H. Cronk — La Casa del Obrero con Metate y MolcajeteOil on Canvas · 2014Available

Estante Verde (The Green Shelf) — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Estante Verde (The Green Shelf)Oil on Canvas · 2014Available

El Piano — painting by Neil H. Cronk — El PianoOil on Canvas · 2014Available

Casa — painting by Neil H. Cronk — CasaOil on Canvas · 2014Available

Hanging Cloth — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Hanging ClothWatercolor, Pastel, Pencil · 2003

Exhuberant Corn — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Exhuberant CornAcrylic on Canvas · 2002

Still Water Runs Deep — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Still Water Runs DeepOil on Canvas · 2001

El Piano Silvestre — painting by Neil H. Cronk — El Piano SilvestreOil on Canvas · 2004

Vinnie's House — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Vinnie's HouseOil on Canvas · 2008

Martin Likes to Think About Things — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Martin Likes to Think About ThingsOil on Canvas · 2008

Oasis — painting by Neil H. Cronk — OasisOil on Canvas · 2003

Tunnel House at Night — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Tunnel House at NightOil on Canvas · 2001Collection of Dorothy Epp Walhus (dew)

El Café de la Mañana — painting by Neil H. Cronk — El Café de la MañanaOil on Canvas · 1999

Four Poster Bed — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Four Poster BedOil on Canvas · 1999

Sombrero Flotante — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Sombrero FlotanteOil on Canvas · 2004

Casa del Obrero — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Casa del ObreroOil on Canvas · 1998

Vende Bolillos en el Túnel — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Vende Bolillos en el TúnelOil on Canvas · 1999

La Cocina de Tomasa, Ocumicho, Michoacán — painting by Neil H. Cronk — La Cocina de Tomasa, Ocumicho, MichoacánOil on Canvas · 1999

Midnite in Teddy's Room — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Midnite in Teddy's RoomOil on Canvas · 2004

Breakfast — painting by Neil H. Cronk — BreakfastOil on Canvas · 1999

Looking Over the Town — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Looking Over the TownOil on Canvas · 2007

Villages & Churches

Adobe chapels, storefronts and the streets of the Michoacán highlands. 10 works

San Francisco de Asís, Rancho de Taos — painting by Neil H. Cronk — San Francisco de Asís, Rancho de TaosOil on Canvas · 2014Available

San Francisco de Asís, Rancho de Taos (Front) — painting by Neil H. Cronk — San Francisco de Asís, Rancho de Taos (Front)Oil on Canvas · 2014Available

Bodega, Jacona, Michoacán — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Bodega, Jacona, MichoacánOil on Canvas · 1998

Room with a View of the Festivities — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Room with a View of the FestivitiesOil on Canvas · 2008

The Tenuous Line — painting by Neil H. Cronk — The Tenuous LineOil on Canvas · 1999

Nun & Church — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Nun & ChurchOil on Panel · 1999

Lunch at Rancho Paricutín, Michoacán — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Lunch at Rancho Paricutín, MichoacánOil on Canvas · 2004

La Capilla, El Paso del Molino, Michoacán — painting by Neil H. Cronk — La Capilla, El Paso del Molino, MichoacánOil on Canvas · 2001

Past & Present — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Past & PresentOil on Canvas · 1999

Ferretería "La Cruz" — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Ferretería "La Cruz"Oil on Canvas · 2002

Landscapes & Ranchos

The hills, fields, ranchos and rivers between Texas and central Mexico. 8 works

Canyon Creek — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Canyon CreekOil on Canvas · 2014Available

Ranchito de las Fresas II, Jacona, Michoacán — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Ranchito de las Fresas II, Jacona, MichoacánOil on Canvas · 1999

Ranchito de las Fresas — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Ranchito de las FresasOil on Canvas · 1998

Ranchito — painting by Neil H. Cronk — RanchitoOil on Canvas · 2002

Puente el Piano — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Puente el PianoOil on Canvas · 2005

Tossed Along the Trail — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Tossed Along the TrailOil on Canvas · 1998

Morning Stretch — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Morning StretchOil on Canvas · 2000

Twilight Hills — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Twilight HillsOil on Panel · 2006

Birds & Animals

Herons on the Río Celio, constellations of chickens, crows and grazing cows. 6 works

Morning With Cows — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Morning With CowsOil on Canvas · 2004

Scarecrow With Crows — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Scarecrow With CrowsOil on Canvas · 2000

Desayuno Con Garzas — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Desayuno Con GarzasOil on Canvas · 2000

Constellation of Chickens (Wallboards) — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Constellation of Chickens (Wallboards)Oil on Canvas · 2003

Constellation of Chickens — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Constellation of ChickensOil on Canvas · 2009

Spirit Flight — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Spirit FlightAcrylic on Panel · 2008

Fiestas & Figures

Dancers, charros and the festivals of the highland towns. 3 works

Danza de los Viejitos — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Danza de los ViejitosOil on Canvas · 2014Available

Mural, Taco Shack Restaurant — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Mural, Taco Shack RestaurantAcrylic · 2008

Jumping Charro — painting by Neil H. Cronk — Jumping CharroOil on Canvas · 2007

Earlier & Archival Works

Drawings, studies, watercolors and paintings preserved from an earlier state of Neil’s Tumblr and no longer posted there. Descriptions are provisional — original titles to be confirmed. 30 works

Paintings

Two red chairs and candles on the open ground, with a dog — work by Neil H. Cronk — Two red chairs and candles on the open ground, with a dogArchival

Red wing chair on a ridge, crows scattering — work by Neil H. Cronk — Red wing chair on a ridge, crows scatteringArchival

A red chair beneath a lakeside ramada — work by Neil H. Cronk — A red chair beneath a lakeside ramadaArchival

A rooster on a red wing chair, mountains beyond — work by Neil H. Cronk — A rooster on a red wing chair, mountains beyondArchival

Terraced hillside with white herons and a red armoire — work by Neil H. Cronk — Terraced hillside with white herons and a red armoireArchival

Golden wheat hillside with junipers — work by Neil H. Cronk — Golden wheat hillside with junipersArchival

A misty peak with a distant chair — work by Neil H. Cronk — A misty peak with a distant chairArchival

A yellow tractor plowing the furrows — work by Neil H. Cronk — A yellow tractor plowing the furrowsArchival

Breakfast table before a mountain window — work by Neil H. Cronk — Breakfast table before a mountain windowArchival

Green bedroom opening onto the countryside — work by Neil H. Cronk — Green bedroom opening onto the countrysideArchival

A four-poster bed in the desert with a hanging cloth — work by Neil H. Cronk — A four-poster bed in the desert with a hanging clothArchival

Bright bedroom with a cross and paper garlands — work by Neil H. Cronk — Bright bedroom with a cross and paper garlandsArchival

A bedroom with an interior pond — work by Neil H. Cronk — A bedroom with an interior pondArchival

Surreal scene — a figure on a dock with red fish — work by Neil H. Cronk — Surreal scene — a figure on a dock with red fishArchival

Ocumicho folk figures — work by Neil H. Cronk — Ocumicho folk figuresArchival

Ocumicho sun-face and figures — work by Neil H. Cronk — Ocumicho sun-face and figuresArchival

Drawings, watercolors & studies

Egret in flight — ink and gouache — work by Neil H. Cronk — Egret in flight — ink and gouacheArchival

A sombrero — pencil study — work by Neil H. Cronk — A sombrero — pencil studyArchival

A sunflower seed-head — work by Neil H. Cronk — A sunflower seed-headArchival

A crown of thorns of twisted branches — work by Neil H. Cronk — A crown of thorns of twisted branchesArchival

Trees along a field — pencil landscape — work by Neil H. Cronk — Trees along a field — pencil landscapeArchival

A seated figure with a log — charcoal — work by Neil H. Cronk — A seated figure with a log — charcoalArchival

A charro among crows — ink — work by Neil H. Cronk — A charro among crows — inkArchival

A seated charro — sepia — work by Neil H. Cronk — A seated charro — sepiaArchival

Mesa and herons with an easel — sepia — work by Neil H. Cronk — Mesa and herons with an easel — sepiaArchival

Misty mountains — watercolor — work by Neil H. Cronk — Misty mountains — watercolorArchival

Green hills — watercolor — work by Neil H. Cronk — Green hills — watercolorArchival

Blue-green mountains — watercolor — work by Neil H. Cronk — Blue-green mountains — watercolorArchival

A lone tree below a bald hill — gouache — work by Neil H. Cronk — A lone tree below a bald hill — gouacheArchival

A field and footpath — watercolor — work by Neil H. Cronk — A field and footpath — watercolorArchival