ARTIST

SARAH WINKLER

Studio | Denver, Colorado

Sarah Winkler is a contemporary landscape artist whose work explores the dynamic beauty of nature through textured, abstract representations. Her unique approach combines geological research, layered pigments, and bold compositions that evoke the vastness of the natural world.

My paintings focus on the geological storied past and changing present features of landscapes in the Rocky Mountain West and high desert plateaus of the Southwest. A region that captured my imagination over 25 years ago in a prismatic dust cloud rainbow sunset at the edge of Death Valley National Park. It’s as if that moment crystallized the region’s mystique and set the course for endless creative exploration of the fascinating natural history within the landscapes of the West.

I layer the paintings to resemble the geological strata and embed minerals such as mica, obsidian, marble, and sandstone to bridge the tangible and the abstract nature of both the physical landscape and the artistic interpretation of it. Using a mirror effect to show the hidden subsurface geology with the visible world above, creating a dialogue between what’s beneath and what’s experienced.

I focus on the ecosystem as a whole, from snow-capped peaks to rivers and meadows, tied together by cyclical seasons and cosmic events to paint a holistic picture. It’s as if each scene becomes a microcosm of time and place. I decide which specific landscapes or moments to capture as a spontaneous connection made during my travels. My travels usually involve seeking out particular geological or ecological features that speak to me.

About

Manchester, UK-born artist Sarah Winkler studied Studio Art and Earth Science at William Paterson University in New Jersey and combines both passions in her artwork today. She has had studios in Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo and the San Francisco Bay Area in California before relocating to the mountain outskirts of Denver, Colorado. Her custom built painting studio sits atop a 9,000ft peak in the Front Range Rockies.

Winkler’s art is represented in galleries in the US and Canada, and has been featured in gallery exhibitions, museum shows and Art Fairs such as Bakersfield Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo Art Museum in California, Intersect Aspen, Seattle Art Fair, and the LA Art Show. Exhibiting her work since 2010, her work has since been placed in over 100 prominent US and international collections including The Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas, Maker’s Mark Whisky in Kentucky, Vail Health in Colorado, Royal Carribean in Oslo, Norway and Barcelona, Spain, Mountain Shadows Resort in Paradise Valley, Arizona and upcoming in 2025, a commission will be installed in The Hotel Oberland in Lautebrunnen, Switzerland. Winkler is a participating artist in the US Department of State’s Art in Embassies program, where she has recently been showcased at the American Embassy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. She was recently named one of the top ‘Women Painters on the Rise’ by Artsy Inc. and was curated into their 2022 digital billboard campaign 'Scenes of Summer' exhibition in New York City. Her work has been featured in Scientific American, Times UK, Mountain Living, Cowboys & Indians Magazine, American Art Collector, SW Contemporary, New American Paintings and Sarah Winkler is the subject the documentary short, 'Moment' by Making Art Films.

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

Sun Valley Contemporary, Ketchum, ID • Foster/White Gallery Seattle, WA • Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO • Vail International Gallery, Vail, CO • ARTSY, NYC, NY • LA Art Show • Art Aspen • Space Gallery, Denver, CO • K Contemporary Denver, CO

CV available upon request.