Born in Manchester, England, Colorado-based artist Sarah Winkler studied Art and Earth Science at William Paterson University and combines both subjects in her landscape and environmental artworks. Her work has been exhibited nationally since 2004 and was recently showcased at the LA Art Fair and Art Aspen in 2018 coinciding with a major solo show "Luminous Mountainous" in Denver at K Contemporary.

Her commissioned artworks are featured in many prominent private, public and corporate collections including Chevron, San Francisco General Hospital, The Phoenician, Mountain Shadows Resort, Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, The Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas, Viceroy, Ritz Carlton, Montage, Empire Pass, Deer Valley Resort. They have also appeared in publications such as Scientific American, Dwell, Alpine Modern, Western Art and Architecture, Mountain Living, CREATE! and New American Paintings.

Winkler is best known for her desert and mountain geological interpretations of the American West. Her art practice involves the direct experience of walking into and observing the landscape up close with observational drawing and photographic documentation done onsite. Geological research of specific areas assists in the creation of the collage sketches that get developed into her finished paintings. Winkler works experimentally with materials and tools to find textures and imagery that mimic the forces and patterns of nature. The cut and layered aesthetic in her work reinforces concepts that the Earth is not a static place. She incorporates actual ground water, crushed rock and mineral from the landscape in her paintings to create moments of connection, exploration and discovery.