Off Valdez Road, Late October, Stephen Quiller ©

Stephen Quiller is an internationally known painter who works primarily in watermedia, monotypes, and intaglio printmaking. He is best known for his innovative approach to watermedia painting: watercolor, gouache, acrylic, casein and their combinations, and for his use of color.

He has written five books in the years from 1983 to 1999, all published by Watson-Guptill: Water Media Techniques, Water Media: Processes and Possibilities, Color Choices, Acrylic Painting Techniques, and Painter’s Guide to Color. His research and development of a color wheel for painters called the “Quiller Wheel” is now used by thousands of painters throughout the world. Quiller also has a signature line of watercolor and acrylic paints that are imported by Jack Richeson & Company.

Stephen Quiller Watercolor is made by a European company that has been making paint since the 1860s. The pigment is slowly ground on stone mills, thoroughly crushed and then coated in gum Arabic and honey. Pigments are pure; there are no additives; and the color is extremely lightfast. The mineral colors have an incredible granulation, which can be a definite advantage for artists, particularly to those for whom texture is important. Click here to purchase online.

Coming soon to Meininger’s Denver store! Stephen Quiller Acrylic Paints are highly-concentrated, pigmented acrylics with great brilliance of hue, coverage power and opacity. The high-viscosity paint is heavy-bodied and can hold a great deal of texture and detail or be thinned to rich and luminous transparent washes. The pigment’s unique poly-resin binder is made to hold the mark of a juicy brush stroke and will adhere to any non-oily support.

Stephen Quiller has painted in many parts of the world, but is primarily known for his work done at or near his home in the high mountainous country of southern Colorado. These subjects include beaver ponds, snow shadows, water patterns, wild iris, and mountain rhythms, capturing the spirit of the San Juans. Through his painting, he has become a Signature member of the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain National Watermedia, and Society for Painters in Acrylic and Casein, among others.

Sheep Pastoral, Blair Atholl, Stephen Quiller ©

In 1997, he received the Greathouse medal and cash award in the 130th American Watercolor Society exhibition.

Stephen's paintings have been on the covers and the subject of articles in many leading art magazines. He has also been an invited juror for a number of regional and national art exhibitions.

A popular workshop instructor, he teaches his approach to color, watermedia, composition, and on-location painting, throughout North America and internationally.

Stephen shows in the Mission Gallery of Taos, New Mexico, and during the summer months he and his wife, Marta, operate the Quiller Gallery in Creede, Colorado.