Checked Quilts
The Checked Quilts mark a period of experimentation within House of Quinn, where artist Julius Arthur explored the meeting of modern quilting, painting, and textile art. Each work began with lengths of linen laid across a table and hand-painted in natural inks to form checks and grids — gestural marks that carry the hand of the maker.
These compositions evolved through repetition and variation, shifting between structured pattern and expressive gesture. Through layering, painting, and hand quilting, Arthur transformed the familiar check motif into something meditative and modern — a quiet study of tone, proportion, and the balance between order and imperfection.
The Checked Quilts continue Arthur’s exploration of abstraction within cloth, revealing a dialogue between image and object, surface and stitch. Seen together, they trace a rhythm of making that bridges craft and art, marking an important stage in the ongoing development of House of Quinn’s visual language.
