The Art and Soul of Scott Cronin

He began his life’s work at the age of 50 and hasn’t looked back

Mitch Ditkoff
8 min readFeb 16, 2023
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“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.” — Alberto Giacometti

Scott Cronin is in good company. As a self-taught artist, he is joined at the hip with thousands of other unique souls who chose to follow their own muse instead of the established order — and this includes Vincent Van Gogh, Henry Rousseau, Frieda Kahlo, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Max Ernst, Grandma Moses, and Bill Traynor.

Joyfully obsessed with communicating the intricate beauty of life that exists far beyond words, Cronin’s work is mind-boggling, soulful, and deeply insightful — almost as if he was looking through an electron microscope into another world.

Scott doesn’t only walk to the beat of a different drummer, the music that moves him seems to originate from another world — one he is intimately familiar with and committed to decoding for the rest of us.

The 11 pieces featured is this article are just a small sampling of the 201 that Scott has created during the past 18 years.

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Mitch Ditkoff
Mitch Ditkoff

Written by Mitch Ditkoff

Co-Founder of Idea Champions and Face the Music. Author of Storytelling for the Revolution, Storytelling at Work, Unspoken Word and Free the Genie. Human being

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