ACRYLIC, CRUSHED MINERALS ON WOOD PANELCOLORADO, USA Sarah Winkler is a Manchester-born artist whose life across diverse geographies—from Malawi to Norway—deeply informs her art. Now based in Colorado at 9,000 feet elevation, her studio overlooks vast mountain ranges that inspire her contemporary mountainscapes. With a background in Studio Art and Earth Science from William Paterson University, Winkler merges artistic practice with geological insight, using crushed minerals and layered textures to reflect Earth’s natural processes. Her work is represented in galleries across the U.S. and Canada and has been exhibited at venues including the Bakersfield Museum of Art, Art Aspen, and the Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas. She participates in the U.S. Department of State’s Art in Embassies program and was named a top rising female painter by ARTSY. Her work has also been featured in multiple publications and the documentary Moment by Making Art Films, and is held in over 100 notable collections worldwide. Method Winkler’s technique mirrors geological formation: she builds and erodes layers of acrylic paint on wood panels, often sanding through them to evoke glacial friction lines. Crushed minerals—collected from the landscapes that inspire her—are embedded into the work, fusing ancestral earth pigments with modern color. Her forced horizon lines reveal both the visible terrain and the imagined geology beneath, offering a cross-section of time and place. Deeply influenced by her childhood in Africa and Borneo, where close human connections to nature shaped her worldview, Winkler's art is a reflection on wilderness, conservation, and geological time. Her abstracted landscapes invite viewers to engage with the land not only visually, but emotionally—bringing personal stories and a sense of wonder to places that, while unfamiliar, feel inherently connected. Her work is a meditation on land, memory, and the evolving human relationship with nature—especially that of the Pacific and Mountain West.