Ganesh Temple Steps
A lush and vibrant depiction of temple steps adorned with an abundance of tropical flowers and offerings, rendered in rich, jewel-toned hues that evoke both the sacred and the sensory. Quinn's meticulous application of oil paint captures the dense, almost overwhelming beauty of devotional flora, blurring the boundary between the natural and the spiritual. The composition immerses the viewer in a moment of ritual abundance, reflecting Quinn's broader fascination with nature, worship, and the transience of organic life.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 15, 2015
Estimate: $120,000 to $180,000
Sold: $149,000
Artists in conversation
Alexis Rockman
American · b. 1962
Rockman creates densely layered oil paintings that merge the natural world with cultural and spiritual themes, using jewel toned palettes to render lush, overwhelming botanical abundance similar to Quinn's temple steps composition.
Makiko Kudo
Japanese · b. 1978
Kudo's figurative oil paintings explore the intersection of the sacred, the ritualistic, and the natural world through vibrant floral imagery and contemplative spiritual moods that closely parallel Quinn's devotional aesthetic.
Tilo Baumgärtel
German · b. 1972
Baumgärtel produces richly colored contemporary realist oil paintings that immerse viewers in dense, almost overwhelming natural settings charged with spiritual and contemplative atmosphere, echoing the ritualistic abundance depicted in Quinn's work.
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