ARTist/ PAINTER
SARAH WINKLER
Studio | Colorado
Sarah Winkler is originally from England, and has lived Out West for over 25 years. Her paintings are a striking exploration of the American West, characterized by their bold colors and dynamic forms. Her large-scale works capture the vast landscapes of the Rocky Mountains and the arid beauty of the Southwest deserts, infusing them with a modern sensibility that blurs the lines between realism and abstraction.
Each piece reverberates with a deep appreciation for the geology and ecology of these regions. Rich textures and layered brushwork evoke the rugged terrain and intricate patterns found in nature, while vibrant color palettes reflect the dramatic shifts of light and the emotional resonance of the environment. She structures her paintings in distinctive layers to resemble geological strata and often embeds 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.
Winkler’s studio sits on their mountain property high up in Colorado’s front range near Denver. She is married to mountain bike athlete and Spruce Cycles owner, Jason Winkler who also custom builds and prepares all of her art panels.
About
Sarah Winkler’s artwork has been exhibited since 2010 in solo gallery shows in Vail, Santa Fe, Bozeman, Austin, Denver, Park City, San Francisco and Seattle and featured in the LA Art Fair, Seattle Art Fair, Art Aspen and the Jackson Hole Art Fine Art Fair. She has been awarded several major art commissions including Maker’s Mark Whiskey in Kentucky, Imagery Winery in California, 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 showcased in Restoration Hardware Gallery in Denver, featured in national magazines such as Cowboys & Indians Magazine, Mountain Living, Dwell, American Art Collector, SW Contemporary, New American Paintings and the artist is the subject the documentary short, 'Moment' by Making Art Films. Winkler is currently working towards a 2026 solo show at The Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery Museum in Lindsborg, Kansas.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2026 - Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS (Museum)
2025 - Yellowstone River Stone - Visions West Contemporary, Livingston, MT
2025 - Desert Modern - Vail International Gallery, Vail, CO
2025 - Bloom - Whistler Contemporary Gallery, Whistler, BC
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
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
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
CV available upon request.
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)
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CORPORATE COLLECTIONS (selected)
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (selected)
