Quinn's artist statement:
"My boxes begin with an attraction to found objects that I am personally connected to socially and culturally. I let the objects work through me revealing a deep archetypal connection from my own personal history.

I use mythology as my own religion, instinct in the invisible, the layer of psyche where biology and spirit might touch, the world between two worlds. Rusty bottle caps reveal faces and begin to tell me a story.

What intrigues me most are the beauty, form and memory in an object, not it's function. By looking closely at the colors, shapes, and textures soul is revealed as though it had been hidden under well-oiled functioning. I often start with just two elements, as the anticipation of a narrative is about to unfold. What results is a visual tapestry of information creating a dialog that is universal.

As I look around my studio I am surrounded by echoes of the past. I constantly search for a supply of objects and images that yearn for a "home". We all have our own personal history, moments of grace, tragedy, and wisdom. It is my intention to reveal through these cultural artifacts a universal story as new as tomorrow and old as the beginning of time. We will find ourselves entering yet another attitude, another manner of seeing, as well as discovering and accomplishing the tasks of consciousness.

I reside on Avenue of the Arts in Grand Rapids, Michigan with my partner Richard Jeltes who is also an artist. All the assemblages are a collaboration. With out his help my stories could not be told. I am forever grateful for his love and support. Between us we have lots of "moving parts", 5 children and 4 grandchildren."

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Selected Group Exhibitions

Eyekons Gallery, "Epiphany: The Evidence of Things Unseen", Grand Rapids, MI, February,2006.
First United Methodist Church, "Celebration", Spiritual Art Show, Grand Rapids, MI, January '05, 2005,
Honorable Mention. A.T. Hun Art Gallery, "Sin & Sensation", Savannah, GA, November, 2003.
Studio 23, Bay City Visual Arts Center, Bay City, MI, 2002-2003.
Third Stone Gallery, Saugatuck, MI, 2003.
Art Beat Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI, 2003.
Grand Rapids Visual Arts Center, Grand Rapids, MI, 2002-2003.
Arts Club of Chicago, "Global Art Project", Saugatuck, MI, April 2002.
Judith Racht Gallery, "Outsider Art Fair", Harbert, MI, September, 2002.
First United Methodist Church, "Celebration", Spiritual Art Show, Grand Rapids, MI, February, 2002, Honorable Mention.

SelectedPublications and Reviews

Collecting American Country, resource, April 1984.
Early American Life magazine, cover article, February 1985.

Education - Self taught.

Born - Flint, Michigan; August 30, 1950.

Represented by

Third Stone Gallery, Saugatuck, MI 49453
Art Beat Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Studio 23, Bay City Visual Arts Center, Bay City, MI 48708
A.T. Hun Art Gallery, Savannah, GA, 31401
Synchronicity Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI 49636
Eyekons Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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