Who is
Daniel
Quinlan?
Meet Daniel Quinlan
My grandfather was an
accomplished painter and I
guess I can credit him for
getting me started. I started
painting in high school and
then stopped for many years
until I encountered the great
masterpieces from some of
Europe’s most famous
artists. I made several
return trips to Amsterdam to
study the work of the
Impressionists and Postimpressionists.
After suffering eight years of
pain caused by a pinched
sciatic nerve, my wife and I
moved to Tanzania in East
Africa. Tired of the effects of
painkillers, I gave them up
and started painting again as
a way to take my mind off of
the pain. I started using the
odd technique of finger
painting and found that I
could better express myself
and get better textures than
with a brush. During this
time I wr