| maria winkler |
Thank you for visiting my web site studio. CONTACTS LINKS Creative Arts League of Sacramento http://creativeartsleague.com/ Lesli Pletcher Consulting http://www.lesli.pletcher.com Art Consulting Services http://www.acsartconsulting.com The Movable Book Society, http://www.movablebooksociety.org/ Roseville Arts! Blue Line Gallery http://rosevillearts.org/index.htm ARTIST STATEMENT Her work has always been inspired by events in her life and her love of nature. Her current theme focuses on reflections in bodies of water, using acrylics on canvas. Based on her travels and photography, she transforms natural scenes into abstract compositions, focusing on the interplay of light, shadow, and time of day. |
Professor
Emeritus, Art Department, California State University in Sacramento,
Maria Winkler has an MFA in painting and drawing, and a PhD in art
education. A practicing and exhibiting artist, her paintings are included
in the permanent collections of the Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho;
California League of Women Artists, Sacramento, CA; Kaiser Permanente’s
Public Art Collection, the University of California Medical Center’s
Public Art Collection, and a number of corporate art collections. Her
work also appears in published form as posters, art cards, teaching
aids, and books. Her biography appears in World’s Who’s Who of Women
in Education and also in Who’s Who in American Art. She is also a book
artist, whose handmade artist books have been extensively shown and
published in catalogs and books.