Norman Scott "Butch" Quinn, 1939 - 2007,

Butch achieved national recognition, He was the son of Wilma Lee Scott, a nurse from Rocky Grove, and Frederic Anthony Quinn, a factory worker from Oil City. His paternal ancestors owned a large farm on both sides of East Bissell Avenue on Oil City's north side where Mr. Quinn was raised and which figured in his artwork. The First Presbyterian Church later purchased part of the farm for its new church building and Presbyterian Home
Mr. Quinn is represented in the permanent collection of the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City, the Smithsonian Institution Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., the Clarion University of Pennsylvania Museum and other institutions and private collections.

The Clarion collection includes a signature work-a large refrigerator that he painted and repainted with scenes of rural Pennsylvania life. A collection of his letters describing his life and art were deposited in the Smithsonian art archives.

Articles and photographs of his work appeared in several catalogues and professional artistic journals. He was a frequent prizewinner in local and regional county fair and other art shows.