Ron Kowalke

Ron Leory Kowalke (born 1936, died February 26, 2021[1]) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and art educator born in Chicago.

He received an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1960.

He taught at Northern Illinois University and the Swain School of Design before joining the faculty of the University of Hawaii.

He taught in Hawaii from 1969 until his retirement as a professor emeritus in 2000.

His works often explored extreme linear perspective and multiple framings, as in Galactic Sculpture #2.

Galactic Sculpture #2 by Ron Kowalke , 1981, Honolulu Museum of Art