Colored pencil on paper | 9" x 12" | 2024
 
Please note that work will ship after the close of the exhibition on 8/29.
 
Layering feathery strokes of colored pencil, Dennis Quillin creates largely abstract compositions in bold but limited palettes. His works summon familiar objects, creatures, and landscapes while remaining mysterious. Simple shapes and backgrounds hum with texture and movement—the gentle directional markings add a subtle and seductive surface to his pleasing and deceptively simple forms. Quillin’s work sometimes calls to mind the abstract works of Ellsworth Kelly in their focus on singular shapes, although his markings impart a fuzzy texture that activates more nuanced depths. Dennis lives and works in Washington, DC, and has been a resident artist at Art Enables since 2018, exhibiting his work regularly at Art Enables as well as other galleries around the country. In the studio, he's known for working with great concentration as well as for his wicked sense of humor.