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Xan Sinclair Koonce
The desire to understand spirituality and its transformational power motivates my work. My objective is to magnify nature beyond its literal meaning to explore the relationship between nature and spirituality. Xan Sinclair Koonce was born and raised in West Texas where the only vivid color that permeated the bleak landscape was the endless blue sky. Today, she resides in Georgetown, Texas, where she has grown to appreciate the color and beauty that Central Texas reveals. While caring for her family and working as a professional event planner at Southwestern University, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from Southwestern University, the oldest institution of higher education in Texas. Xan’s interest is taking the beauty she sees and abstracting it to gain greater insight. Once inspired, she unapologetically applies seductive and radiant colors to her paintings as an expression of her growth, strength, control and endurance. As she paints, her primary concern is conveying a sensual experience through color, line and composition. She is an artist who embodies the synthesis of abstract expressionism with the palette of Matisse. It is precisely this fusion of spontaneity and color that has produced a rich and expressive body of work. All of her artistic pursuits stem from a passion for beauty and a reverence for the power that beauty has to transform life. Xan’s recent series, Removing Barriers, was inspired by a detail of her painting, Eternal III. My hope is to continue exploring and developing new concepts, whether they are from my own or borrowed from another’s resources. This continued effort confirms that there is no limit to the breadth or height of one’s own creativity. This process of discovery and development allows me to step beyond the norm that one typically becomes too familiar with. As I continue to embrace change, my hope is to express the new and heretofore unknown. I want my art to be a force for all that is positive, inspiring and beautiful.
EXHIBITIONS 2008 GX Creative Communications, Oil Paintings, Georgetown, Texas, January, 2008. 2007 Colorblinded, Cerulean Gallery, Oil Paintings, Dallas, Texas, Oct. 2007. 2007 Texas A & M Medical Research Library, Solo Exhibition of Oil Paintings, College Station, Texas, May – Aug., 2007. 2007 Illuminations, Cerulean Gallery, Oil Paintings, Dallas, Texas, Jan. 2007. 2006 Spectrum, Cerulean Gallery, Oil Paintings, Dallas, Texas, Aug., 2006. 2004 Alumni Art Exhibition, Xan Koonce: The Fine Arts Gallery, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, October, 2004. 2001 The Children’s Hospital of Austin Auxiliary – 2nd Annual Art Auction/Exhibition, Renaissance Hotel, Austin, Texas, October, 2001. 2001 Senior Art Exhibition, Xan Koonce: Printmaking, The Fine Arts Gallery, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, April, 2001. 2000 Painting Exhibition, Xan Koonce: Abstract Oil Painting, The Fine Arts Gallery, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, November 1999. 1999 Painting Exhibition, Xan Koonce: Abstract Oil Painting, The Fine Arts Gallery, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, November 1999. 1997 Figurative Sculpture Exhibition, Xan Koonce: Self-portrait/Abstract Marble Sculpture, The Fine Arts Gallery, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, November, 1997. 1996 Painting I Exhibition, Xan Koonce: Still Life, The Fine Arts Gallery, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, November, 1996. 1996 Drawing I Exhibition, Xan Koonce: Still Life, The Fine Arts Gallery, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, April, 1996.
1995 Ceramics Exhibition, Xan Koonce: Wheel-thrown Bowls and Giner Jars, The Fine Arts Gallery, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, April, 1995.
1994 Ceramic Exhibition, Xan Koonce: Hand-built Clay Vessels, The Fine Arts Gallery, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, Nov. 1994.
EDUCATION
2005 Studio Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
RELATED VOLUNTEER OUTREACH
2007 Currently serving on the art committee for Seton Medical Center Williamson, Round Rock, Texas.
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