Bal Harbour

148 BAL HARBOUR "Something that I'm thinking about for this year is having even more of a range of people, ages and body types." experimented with installation, printmaking and large-scale painting. "en I kind of circled back to what I started with and came at it from a different perspective," she says. In addition to her work for e New Yorker, as well as e Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Cultured, and Penguin Random House, Kroik takes private commissions and works with the platform Society6, which allows artists to easily sell prints online. And thanks to Instagram, where she currently has over 21,000 followers, Kroik says she's managed to connect with niche fandoms for many of the recurring themes in her works: plants, bookstores, fine art and food. "Something that I'm thinking about for this year is having even more of a range of people, ages, and body types," Kroik says. "I think it's important to see someone that's like you represented. It's about communication—if you want to talk to a lot of people, you have to address them." Like many young creative freelancers, Kroik says feeling like she's "making it" means something different every day. "You're always kind of paddling," she explains. "It's kind of like, I could take this job and make money, but then I'll produce work that will get me more work I don't want to do. So how do you get to do the work you want to do?" It's an age-old question that's rankled plenty of artists. But with her detailed and stylish world-building, recurring depictions of flora, fashion and the beautiful sides of New York, Kroik has ensured she'll have an ever-growing fan base following along as she figures it out.

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