MODERNIST MIXED MEDIA ART
About the Artist, Bonnie Binkert
Pablo Picasso once said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." After a thiry-year publishing career in New York, Boston and Los Angeles, I rediscovered my "inner child." Not coincidentally, I turned to painting after moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico, a setting that has inspired many of my favorite artists. Following a Modernist tradition, I work in a variety of mediums for I love the transparency of watercolor, the vibrancy of acrylics, the velvety textures of pastel and the buttery consistency of oils.
Artists who influenced me
On our first trip to Santa Fe, my husband and I began collecting art. We bought what we liked and later discovered fascinating connections between the artists whose works are in our collection. Modernists like John Marin, Andrew Dasburg, Raymond Jonson, John Sloan, and Richard Diebenkorn all worked in New Mexico at one time. Like me, they were influenced by the light and landscape of the southwest. I paint abstract works inspired by the landscape.
Photo of artist by Susan Boe
Recent Awards and Exhibits
Art Club Gallery, 225 Canyon Road, 2020 to present
Solo Show, Del Norte Gallery, Santa Fe, 2017
"Wish You Were Here," Community Gallery, Santa Fe, 2016
"Historic Structures." Juried Group Show, Historic Santa Fe Foundation, 2015
Santa Fe Studio Tour, 2013 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
"Celebrating the Seasons," Solo Show, 2013, Portal Gallery, Los Alamos
Santa Fe Arts Commission's Common Ground Show, 2011 Juried Show Winner
Alexandra Stevens Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, 2008-2013
"Myth Spirituality & Culture," Group Show, Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center, 2011
"Kinesis," Juried Group Show, Fuller Art Center, 2011
"Back to Basics," Juried Group Show, Fuller Art Center, 2011
"Dewey Decimal," Juried Group Show, Fuller Art Center, 2011
"Eco Art," Juried Group Show, New Mexico Regional Art Center, 2011
"Outside In," Juried Group Show, Fuller Art Center, 2011
"Inner Child," Juried Group Show, Fuller Art Center, 2011
"Abstraction," Juried Group Show, New Mexico Regional Art Center, 2010
Santa Fe Community Gallery, Juried Monothon, 2009
Owings-Dewey North, Shrine Exhibition, Group Show, 2008
Dailey Painters of New Mexico, Juried Show Winner, 2008
Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, 2008, 2009, 2010
Wells Fargo Bank Gallery, Two-person Juried Show, 2008
Santa Fe Community College, Juried Show Winner, 2007, 2010
Contact me
My work can be seen and purchased as follows:
Santa Fe Marketplace:
https://santafe.shopwhereilive.com/
New Mexico Artists' Directory:
www.facebook.com/newmexicoartistdirectory
Santa Fe.Com http://www.santafe.com
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/BonnieBinkert
Email Bonnie.Binkert@gmail.com
Phone: 505-984-1468
TO PURCHASE THESE AND OTHER WORKS, GO TO MY ONLINE STORES:
www.southwestabstractions.com
Honeysuckle Clouds, Acrylic on canvas,
40 x 30
Sowi-ing Mana (Deer Maiden) Acrylic, collage on canvas, 18 x 14. See more of my Katsina Series on the Native Abstractions page.
Pueblo Village, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16. See others on my Latest Works page.
Mission Church, oil on canvas, 24 x 20. See more of these works on Latest Works page.
Firecracker Cactus
Acrylic on canvas,
10 x 10, See more on the "Small Works" page.
Flower Moon 雪国
Collage, watercolor,
20 x 16, matted. See more Japanese-inspired works on my Asian Abstractions page.
San Geronimo Runners,
24 x 12. See more on Native Abstractions page.