Plebe to Officer at the United States Naval Academy through a graduate’s eyes and painter’s brush.

size: 8.5”x11”, 160~ pages, hardcover

A Midshipman’s Journey: Plebe to Officer at the United States Naval Academy Through a Graduate’s Eyes and Painter’s Brush explores the United States Naval Academy experience through paintings and prose. With a focus on the human moments of an institutional process, this book reflects the essence of the transformation from plebe to officer through impressionistic paintings and honest writing. Paintings and words by Kristin (Otterson) Cronic, United States Naval Academy class of 2011. The book is primarily about the transformational journey to becoming an officer at the Naval Academy, with a lean towards the human moments. However, there are intermittent “fourth wall” moments where I step out and talk about the artist journey, process, and things to note in the paintings themselves. Published by Ballast Books, 2023