ARTist/ PAINTER
SARAH WINKLER
Studio | Colorado
Sarah Winkler was born in Manchester, England in 1973. She emigrated with her family to the United States as a teenager. Winkler studied Art and Earth Science at William Paterson University (NJ). She studied under painters, Charles Magistro (NYC), Marian Galczenski (CA) and David Prochaska. (CA). Her first significant solo show was ‘Golden Contours’ at the San Luis Obispo Art Museum (CA) in 2011. In 2014, she and her husband moved to Denver, Colorado and had a studio at the Helikon in the RINO art district. She now lives and works on their mountain property at a 9,000 ft peak in the Front Range of the Rockies near Denver.
Winkler’s paintings, since moving to Colorado, are a striking exploration of the geological story of the Rocky mountain landscape, characterized by their hard edge, bold color and dynamic forms. Textures and layered brushwork evoke the rugged terrain and intricate organic patterns, while vibrant color palettes reflect the dramatic shifts of light and the emotional resonance of the seasonal cycles. She structures her paintings in distinctive layers to resemble geological strata and often embeds minerals such as mica, obsidian and marble 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.
Winkler also travels to UNESCO World Heritage sites to observe and research unique geological landscapes for commissions and collections of work. Recently she has visited the Swiss Alps, Iceland, the Italian Dolomites and the Orkney Islands.
Winkler’s clients include Maker’s Mark Whiskey in Kentucky, Vail Health in Vail, CO, The Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas, Royal Caribbean in Oslo, Norway and Barcelona Spain, Amazon HQ in Washington, The Hotel Oberland in Switzerland. Her work has been featured in TIMES UK, Cowboys & Indians Magazine, Mountain Living, Dwell, BYTE 15, American Art Collector, SW Contemporary, New American Paintings, Dwell, Alpine Modern, LUXE, Vail Valley. The artist is the subject the documentary short, 'Moment' by Making Art Films. Her work is represented in galleries in the US and Canada.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
*Exhibition catalogue published.
2026 - Solo - Exhibition, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2026 - Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS (Museum)
2025 - Solo - Whistler Contemporary Gallery, Whistler, BC
*2025 - Desert Modern - Vail International Gallery, Vail, CO
2025 - Down River - Visions West Contemporary, Livingston, MT
2023 - Edge of The Wild, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
*2023 - Peak Perspective, Vail International Gallery, Vail, CO
2022 - Scenes of Summer, ARTSY, New York, NY
2022 - Uplifted, Gallery MAR, Park City, UT
2022 - Chasing Starlight, Eclipses & Rainbows, Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO
2022 - Montana Landscape, Visions West Contemporary, Bozeman, MT
*2022 - Heart of The Mountain, Vail International Gallery, Vail, CO
2021 - Mountain Glow, Gallery MAR, Park City, UT
2021 - Dreams About The West, Owen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2020 - All Mountain, Gallery MAR, Park City, UT
2020 - Land of the Glacier, Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO
2020 - Reflections in Winter, MiXX Atelier, Telluride, CO
2019 - Monumental Duality, K Contemporary, Denver, CO
2019 - Stratification: MiXX Atelier, Telluride, CO
2019 - Sedimentary, Foster / White Gallery, Seattle, WA
*2019-2023 - Art in Embassies. US Dept. of State. US Ambassador’s Residence, US Embassy, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
2018 - Exploration, A Survey of Recent Works, K Contemporary, CO
2018 - Luminous Mountainous, K Contemporary, Denver, CO
2017 - Altered Landscapes, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2017 - Past / Present, Gallery MAR, Park City, UT
2016 - Abstracted Landscapes: Four World Views, Space Gallery, Denver
2016 - Formations, Constructed Landscape, Helikon Gallery, Denver, CO
2011 - Golden Contours, San Luis Obispo Art Museum, San Luis Obispo, CA (Museum)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2026 - Icons for a New West - Rose Frederick Project Space at Gallery 1261, Denver, CO
2024 - Air, Foster / White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 - Mountain Standard Time, Visions West Contemporary, Denver & Montana
2024 - Water, Foster / White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 - After The Gold Rush, Western Gallery. Austin, TX
2022 - Fire, Foster / White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 - I Love the West and The West Loves Me, Visions West Contemporary, Denver, CO
2022 - Earth, Foster / White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021 - Wildflowers, Gallery MAR, Park City, UT
2019 - Response, Colorado Governor’s Residence. Denver, CO
2019 - Art of the State, Arvada Center, Colorado
2018 - Open Space: The Finite Frontier, Curtis Center, CO
ART FAIRS
2023 - Seattle Art Fair with Foster/White Gallery. Seattle, WA
2020 - Jackson Hole Fine Art Fair with K Contemporary. Jackson, WY
2019 - ART ASPEN with K Contemporary. Aspen, CO
2019 - LA ART SHOW with K Contemporary. Los Angeles, CA
ART COLLECTIONS (SELECTED)
Makers Mark Distillery, Louisville, KY, Imagery Winery, Sonoma, CA, Royal Carribbean, Oslo, Norway and Barcelona, Spain, Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas, NV, Hilton West Palm Beach, FL , Deer Valley Resort, Park City, UT, Montage, Deer Valley, Park City, UT, One Empire Pass, Park City, UT, Mountain Shadows Resort, Paradise Valley, AZ, The Phoenician, Paradise Valley, AZ, The SLO Hotel, San Luis Obispo, CA , San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, Chevron HQ, San Ramon, CA, Albemarle Corporation, Kings Mountain, NC & Charlotte, NC, Justin Vineyards, Paso Robles, CA, Vail Health Hospital, Vail, CO, Catalyst HTI, Denver, CO , Newmont Mining Corp. Denver, CO, Morrison & Foerster Law Office, Denver, CO, Ritz Carlton, Denver, Squaw Valley Resort, CA, Lodge Tower, Vail Village, Vail, CO, Amazon HQ, Bellingham, WA, Montefiore Einstein Medical Center, Labor and Delivery, Bronx, NYC (Upcoming), Hotel Oberland, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland (upcoming)
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS (selected)
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (selected)
