ORIGINAL PAINTINGS

REAL POP ART

Quinones blends Pop Art and Photorealism, capturing the minuscule bubbles with a camera as a fleeting moment in time. The metallic surface adds to the reality of this acrylic painting. The audience finds themselves peering into the can's opening with intrigue to investigate the dark areas of pure color.

Size 50" diameter

$15000.

GLOBE GRAPES

REAL POP ART

One can almost feel the stretching of the saran wrap, which generates stress over the surface, while the bunch of grapes on top of the plastic extends beyond the plane in this circular acrylic. The oversized grapes lend to the excitement and appear above the flat canvas to help the audience's eyes dance around the plate.

Size 50" diameter

$15000.

GLASS FISHING FLOATS

REAL POP ART

GLASS FISHING FLOATS

This oil painting is rich in color with beautiful reflections and interesting transparencies that add to the depth of the overlapping forms. Quinones uses his artistic ability to create depth while using brilliant colors that appeal to all. In contrast, the metallic container catches your attention with the rippled repetitive circles of the inner can surface.

Size 50" diameter

$15000.

DUBBLE BUBBLE

Quinones blends Photorealism with Pop Art to produce this nostalgic look at iconic bubblegum from long ago. Boldly colored gumballs are juxtaposed with shadows on the picture surface, giving the viewer an illusion of the three-dimensional on a flat canvas surface.

Size 50" diameter

$15000.

CAMPBELLS TOMATO JUICE

DUBBLE BUBBLE

In this oil painting, Quinones was fascinated with the rippled surface of the can and recognized the iconic symbol of Campbell's in the Pop Art culture. He interpreted the shaped Photorealistic image by blending it with Pop Art to create this exciting rendition.

Size 52"x 48"

$18000.

POP ART, ZERO CALORIES

DUBBLE BUBBLE

POP ART, ZERO CALORIES

After pulling the tab to open the can, this rendition of a diet soda from the top leaves the viewer craving a sip. Quinones concentrates his attention on the effervescent diet pop to illustrate its bubbly qualities floating over the surface of this metallic icon, fusing Pop Art and Photorealism.

Size 50" diameter

$15000.

SMASHED SCHMIDTZ

Quinones found this beer can tossed after someone discarded it on the street. In this artwork, Jose's idea was to illustrate abstract shapes of twisting, dented, and crushed metallic forms. Your eyes are drawn into the deep, dark crevices only to find other areas to explore. Quinones illustrates his ability to blend Photorealism with Pop Art in this dynamic crushed soda can.

Size 54"x 68"

$15000.

GREEN PEPS IN PEPPERSPECTIVE

This painting fills your soul with movement and rhythm. The organic forms dance and draw your eye around the canvas surface. The saran wrap has wonderful white undulating textures in design that generate interest, while the tight areas of the saran wrap cause tensions over this oil painting of a package of green peppers. Quinones combines his exceptional artistic ability to complete this everyday produce.

Size 71"x 44"

$15000.

HORIZON PAPER CUP

Quinones found this pre-crushed object on the street and instinctively responded to its abstract, simplistic quality. Like many of his crushed pieces discovered in our urban landscape, Quinones uses his Photorealistic ability to combine Pop Art to recreate this crushed cup. Quinones believes that one man's trash is another man's art!

Size 48"x60"

$7500.

MARBLES

MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH, NOT IN YOUR HAND

KATHERINES TURNING POINT

This imaginative rendition of an old-fashioned game of the past comes alive with color and form. Overlapping spheres create an illusion of space with these unique marbles. Quinones artistic ability to generate three-dimensional depth through color amplifies with each marble's unique character.

50" diameter

$15000.

KATHERINES TURNING POINT

MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH, NOT IN YOUR HAND

KATHERINES TURNING POINT

Quinones paints this uniquely shaped canvas, revealing movement and depth. One can almost feel the interior of the ballet slipper as it appears to hold a secret with a twisted ribbon securely enveloping the surface of the ballet slipper.

Size 52"x 56"

$15000.

MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH, NOT IN YOUR HAND

Quinones captures this nostalgic M&M candy treat, creating this amazing circular painting of pure delight. One can almost see the goodness in the intense, colorful candy coating while anticipating the chocolate center.

Size 50" diameter

Private Collection NFS

CRUSHED IT!

MELTS IN YOUR MOUTH, NOT IN YOUR HAND

Quinones found an old can he had saved and decided to paint this interesting rendition of a crushed Pepsi can. He loved the contrast of the orange reflection in the metal area against the can's complimentary blue color. You are drawn to the tiny dotted lettering on the bottom of the crushed can in a sea of abstract-looking twisted metallic surfaces.

Size 47" x 42"

15000.

JUST A SHADE BETTER

"Just A Shade Better" is an oil painting Quinones made with an intricate outside shape. Because of the many cut-out surfaces, the artist had to sew the canvas's outer edges after stretching it. The portrait in the mirror is the artist's wife. The photo was of a car rearview mirror with sunglasses hanging over it.

Size 48"x72"

Private Collection NFS

THINGS GO BETTER WITH COKE

One of Quinone's favorite hobbies was finding art ideas for his oil paintings in urban environments. During the Pop Art era, he created a series featuring crushed cans. He was captivated by the twisted and dented crevices that partially revealed the lettering, which contributed to the cans' abstract quality. By painting them in a photorealistic style, Quinone skillfully combined intense colors, depth, and form on a two-dimensional surface, ultimately mastering the illusion of three-dimensionality.

Size 48"x 54"

Private Collection NFS

TEN CENTS A BUNCH

These larger-than-life bananas attempt to escape the confines of the slick baking pan while trying to emerge over the oil painting canvas edges. The bananas are etched with imperfections, creating many textures on each surface. Quinones paints this oversized bunch of bananas, creating a painting filled with movement and form that overpowers the corning ware container.

Size 84"x 72"

Corporate Collection NFS

CHERIKEE RED SODA

Quinones illustrates his artistic ability by painting metal in striking colors filled with contrast and beautiful textured indents with reflective qualities. Quinones acquired this soda can while visiting a friend in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He loved the portrait of the Indian chief and was excited to turn this can into an oversized artwork. This soda is nostalgic and rarely found outside of Ohio and Pennsylvania and was less commercially successful than other popular cherry sodas in the twentieth century.

Size 48"x 60"

$15000.

CRUSHED ORANGE

Quinones found this iconic crushed soda in the urban environment and has made it into an incredible painting with twisted metallic edges and a textural surface. The oversized lettering and bright orange create a larger-than-life image, empowering the art to captivate the viewer and leave them in awe!

Size 60" x 80"

Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation NFS

EGGS IN THE ROUND

This shaped painting of seven eggs demands your attention by being well-balanced while looking like they are ready to pop off 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 50" diameter

Collection of Jose Luis Quinones NFS

MARILYN

Quinones found this old mass-produced calendar in an abandoned building while working as an advertising billboard media artist. It became the subject matter for this delightful painting. Quinones cleverly added a painted thumbtack to reinforce the calendar hanging on the gallery wall.

Size 48"x 72"

Private Collection NFS

OLD ENGLISH 800

Quinones created this fabulous painting of a crushed can with metallic twisted surfaces and sharp edges illustrating movement and rhythm in an everyday object. The dark metal sections draw you into the small crevices and then back into the light regions caused by the jumbled lettering zones of color.

Size 68"x 48"

Private Collection NFS

GALA APPLES

Quinones examines this colorful grouping of Gala apples, which generates a great sense of depth on the painting surface. The paper bag helps to contain these large, tasty shapes while demonstrating the artist's incredible talent in Photorealism.

Size 62"x 52"

Private Collection NFS

ARTIFICAL COLOR, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR

"Artificial Color, Artificial Flavor" has an interesting, almost Optical Art striped cover superimposed over the box of Howard Johnson candies. Even though it is a flat surface, one believes they can easily lift the lid off the candy box to access the treats! Quinones uses Photorealism to capture each candy and give it unique textures. Each confection is then surrounded by a white zig-zag paper cup, which gives importance to every candy.

Size 48"x 60"

Private Collection NFS

APPLES N LACE

Quinones experimented with acrylic airbrush painting on paper, generating an interesting combination of milky twisted plastic and brilliant colors to distinguish the apples against a more monotone background. The lace areas are slightly muted but filled with detail and form. This stark combination of light and dark makes this small painting a unique crowd-pleaser.

Size 30" x 40" Black frame.

$3500.

BROKEN EGGS

This old-fashioned egg carton from the 1970s inspired Quinones's shaped oil painting. He was intrigued by the broken eggs and their slick remnants on the shell's interior surface. The deep-inset forms were no problem for our artist, who blends the Pop Art style with his fantastic Photorealism techniques.

Size 48" x 72"

Huntington Bank Corporate Collection

PORTRAIT OF A PORTRAIT PAINTER

While attending the Cleveland Institute of Art, Quinones photographed his portrait instructor, Jose Cintron. In homage to him for being a great instructor, Quinones decided to turn this Ektachrome slide into a Photorealistic painting. This unusual portrait is now an obsolete historical photography method in our digital world.

Size 60"x 60"

Private Collection NFS

Do you remember when children played with toys instead of technology? This nostalgic children's jet

TRIGGER JET PLANE

Do you remember when children played with toys instead of technology? This nostalgic jet plane captivated children's attention for hours in the past. Please help! Do you know where this missing painting is? Please email me on this website.

Size 60" x 48"

SWEETER THAN CANDY

Quinones photographed this old vending machine, which included a portrait of his wife on the mirrored surface. Candy was only twenty cents a bar in the 1970s. Besides photographing the machine, Quinones purchased all the sweet treats to add as much detail to his artwork as possible. Included in the shape of the oil painting was a lock on the side of the machine, adding an extra touch of realism. The painting was in the Cleveland Museum of Arts May Show exhibition NFS, but several people requested to purchase it. While in the show, people kept touching the surface to see if it was real, so it guarded to prevent damage. Jose refused to sell the work because it included his wife, Sue.

Size 48"x 72"

Collection of Jose Luis Quinones NFS

RING

Now a thing of the past, this majestic metal fixture reminds us of how far technology has come. Quinones adds his adoring wife in the metallic surface reflections. At nine feet tall by four feet wide, this giant oil painting was painted sideways because of the low ceilings in Quinones's art studio. When finished, Jose stood the painting outside to see his finished work and then took it to an exhibition.

Size 48"x 96"

Private Collectio NFS

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN

This oil painting is a beautiful rendition of overlapping eggs in a basket. Quinones illustrates his ability to paint light areas on the eggs, which generate an intensely luminous appearance while enhancing each egg with contrast to form depth. This artwork creates the illusion of a three-dimensional surface on a flat canvas. The natural wood basket gently hugs the eggs, creating tension and form with this shaped container.

Size 48"x 48"

Private Collection NFS

PAINSTAKING JOB

"Painstaking Job" is not your typical trumpe-l'oeil depiction of a window but a contemporary oil painting revealing a figure of a window washer intently completing his dangerous daily task. The apple, Pepsi, and smoking cigarette still life sitting on the edge of the window implies that someone else must be present watching this man work. Quinones divulges that he was taking a break from his job to take this photo for the painting idea. The old Abbey Bridge creates a great sense of depth, further enhancing the distance between foreground, middle ground, and background areas.

Size 72"x 78"

Private Collection NFS

SHAPED CONFLICT

The man in the cardboard box symbolizes life's struggles. The figure in the box adds a layer of depth, but the realistic hand-painted rope encircling the shaped artwork adds to the dramatic effect.

Size 36"x 72"

Private Collection NFS

THE WHOLE FAMILY

Quinones took the family on an excursion to fulfill an idea of a family portrait outside a children's clothing store in a mall. Quinones took the initial photos at the circular play entrance to the store, but security stopped him from taking pictures. The authorities cleared the misunderstanding quickly, and there were no arrests! The painting exceeded everyone's expectations when Jose insisted his children and wife wear striped outfits to make the painting more impactful.

Size 50" diameter

Collection of Jose Luis Quinones NFS