Quinn O’Connell is a Washington D.C.-based artist whose paintings explore the meeting place between heaven and earth—where the visible world gestures toward what lies beyond.

Working primarily in oil with natural materials such as beeswax and pumice, O’Connell creates layered abstractions that evoke both the rawness of nature and the presence of the divine. Influenced by the luminous colors and elemental abstractions of the Transcendentalist painters, he pursues compositions that open into wonder and contemplation. O’Connell views art as a sacred calling—an act of creation that mirrors humanity’s God-given ability to bring order from chaos, uniting nature and spirit to invite reflection, renewal, and hope.