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
Recent Awards and Exhibits
"Mirror Lake," (mixed media, 18x24), featured in Astonish magazine, 2026
"Walking in Beauty," (mixed media, 8x8), accepted in Museum of Collage and Assemblage, 2026
"Hoodoos," Juried Show winner, featured in FACES 2026 Exhibizone's international juried exhibition, 2026
"Hoodoos," featured in ARSTSY, international publication, 2016
Gallery with A Cause, Albuquerque, Group Exhibition, 2025-26
"Acoma," (mixed media), featured in "Comfort and Care", Albuquerque Journal, January, 2026
Chomp, 505 Cerillos Road, Santa Fe, Group Exhibition, 2025
DBS Gallery, 821 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, 2024
Underwood Gallery, 225 Canyon Road, 2020 to 2021
"At Sunset," (acrylic on canvas, 22x28), featured in SantaFean magazine, June, 2019
Santa Fe Studio Tour, 2013 to the 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
"Celebrating the Seasons," Solo Show, 2013, Portal Gallery, Los Alamos
Santa Fe Arts Commission's Common Ground Show, 2011 Juried Show Winner
Featured in The New Mexican, August 27, 2011
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 [email protected]
Phone: 505-984-1468
TO PURCHASE THESE AND OTHER WORKS, CONTACT ME: [email protected]
Sunrise Over the Sangres, mixed media on canvas, 30 x 40
Walking in Beauty, mixed media, 8x8. In permanent collection of the Museum of Collage and Assemblage.See more of this series on the Native Abstractions page.
Mission Church, mixed media on canvas, 20 x 16. See others on my NEW Mixed Media 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.
Pastiche I, collage, 12x12 image size, 16x16 matted. See more on my Pure Abstractions page.
Flower Moon 雪国
Collage, watercolor,
20 x 16, matted. See more Japanese-inspired works on my Asian Abstractions page.
San Geronimo Runners,
36 x 12. See more on Native Abstractions page.