Location: United States
I was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico. I completed my Art Education at Cooper School of Art, and the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. I have exhibited my paintings for over forty years throughout the United States and abroad. Like Rosenquist, I painted billboards for an outdoor media company. Painting on such a large scale influenced the size of my art, which I found an essential factor in its impact on the viewer. Some of the murals used extensions on the perimeters of the billboard, enhancing their ideas, which led me to shape my paintings. I was fascinated with Photorealism and the Pop Art era. I generated an innovative concept of combining simple everyday objects using Photorealism, eliminating the background, and enlarging the object to make a unique statement. My paintings are oil on shaped canvas, hand-painted and executed to look like an airbrush technique. I blend my Photorealistic style with Pop Art to transform a two-dimensional surface into a three-dimensional illusion.
“Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Painting and Sculpture Exhibit" Representing over 40 years of collecting Modern and Contemporary Art, the Weisman Collection Exhibition includes over 80 works of the greatest names in the 20th century paintings and sculpture. Highlights of some of the artists work in all three museum galleries at the colleges are: Andy Warhol, George Segal, Joseph Cornell, Roy Lichtenstein, Edward Ruscha, Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, Tony Berlant, Christo, Donald Judd, Ed Moses, Alex Katz, Jose Luis Quinones, Nan June Paik, and many more.” (Excerpt from FDIM Exhibition 2000)
“Having absorbed the total effect from a distance, it is fascinating to examine his work up close, knowing it is done with a brush and not a spray gun.” (Midwest Art Magazine, April 1976) Claudia Roberts Trevithick
“Wit, irony and humor are recurrent themes of Jose Luis Quinones’ Crushed Orange immense photorealist canvas of a crushed can of Orange Crush soda. In his hands, a brand name becomes a physical object, rendered with painstaking, meticulous realism.” (Pepperdine University Magazine, August 2012)
"Eggs in the Round" is one in a series of circular paintings Quinones is recently investigating to create a two-dimensional surface into a three-dimensional illusion. This shaped oil on canvas painting of seven eggs demands your attention by being well balanced while simultaneously looking like they are ready to pop off of the canvas. In contrast, the tranquil decorative platter attempts to encircle the eggs with a flowing floral design that moves your eyes around the edges of the surface. Size 52” diameter
“Crushed Orange” was the first in a series of shaped paintings of crushed soda cans. Quinones loves to explore the metallic object and the movement created in the crushed surfaces. One can almost feel the sharp metal!
“Melts In Your Mouth, Not In Your Hand”
Quinones captures this nostalgic M&M candy treat and blends Photorealism with Pop Art to create this amazing circular painting of pure delight. One can almost see the goodness in the intense colorful candy coating while anticipating the chocolate center.
"Campbell's Tomato Juice." Quinones was fascinated with the rippled surface of the can and recognized the iconic symbol of Campbell's during the Pop Art culture. He interpreted the shaped Photorealistic image by blending it with Pop Art to create this exciting rendition.
"Gala Apples" Quinones examines this colorful grouping of Gala apples, generating a great sense of depth in the painting's surface. The interestingly formed paper bag helps to contain these large, tasty shapes while demonstrating the artist's incredible talent in paint execution.
"Katherines Turning Point" is a beautiful interpretation of ballet shoes brought to life with twisting and flowing ribbons. Quinones produces a graceful movement with the satin ribbon against the dark values contrasting on the inside of the ballet shoes, leading to a great sense of depth.
“Eggs In The Round”
“Crushed Orange”
“Campbells Tomato Juice”
“Gala Apples”
“Katherines Turning Point”
