Art Inspired by Abstract Scientific Concepts

Sandra Duran Wilson, sandraduranwilson.com, is an internationally recognized artist, author, lecturer, and juror. Her innovative, award-winning mixed-media art has been influenced by her extensive scientific background and her experience with synesthesia.

Born and raised on the border of Mexico, Sandra currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her artwork is included in many private, corporate, and educational collections worldwide and she is represented by galleries in the U.S. and Australia. Sandra‘s numerous one-person and group exhibitions span the globe. 

Banner image: Detail of “Connections”, acrylic and cast acrylic, 6” x 24” x 1”

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Planting Seed, acrylic on aluminum, 60″ x 30″

Sandra’s many honors and accolades include having her art “We Are All Connected” selected for the permanent collection and installation in the Santa Fe Convention Center. This painting is displayed in the main entry of the building alongside other notable New Mexico artists.

She is also the recipient of several Art in Public Places awards from the state of New Mexico. In 2021 she received the honor of an Artist Residence at the Chateau d’Orquevaux in France.

Joshua Tree, mixed media, 20″ x 16″

“See the Music” was an exhibition of her art presented at Popejoy Benefactors Lounge Albuquerque, NM, through March 2022. The work in this exhibition provided a look into the creative process of a synesthete. She explains, “When I listen to music, I sense colors and movement. Numbers and calculations elicit rhythms which in turn become colorful paintings. Poetry or lyrics are often the first mark on the panel or canvas. The words are inspiration and often the painting will in turn inspire a poem, song or story.”

Her art installation for the World Premiere Opera, “The Revolution of Steve Jobs” was included in the Spectacle Show in Santa Fe, NM. 

Another distinction includes having her artwork “New Worlds”, which is in a collection in Germany, selected as a digital image to travel on the spaceship Osiris-Rex to the asteroid Bennu.

Recently Sandra was selected as a Sponsored Artist by Bold Brush and Fine Art Studio Online.

Sun Sails, acrylic on panel, 48″ x 36″. Sandra tells us this painting is an imagined landscape of ancient barges sailing on the Nile.

About her artistic vision Sandra states, “My art lives on the border between abstraction and the natural world. I paint my vision of galactic spaces, other worlds, serene abstract landscapes and abstract adventures. I have learned the rules so that I may break them and put them back together in a new way.”

She continues, “My art is driven by curiosity and the possibilities of what materials can do, especially when combined in unusual ways. I incorporate printmaking, collage, acrylic painting, and even three-dimensional elements into my work. I explore concepts like time travel and physics along with dreams and symbols. A kind of crazy mixed-up world of science and fantasy.”

Spark of Inspiration, acrylic on canvas, 20″ x 20″

Sandra grew up on the border of Mexico with healers, scientists, and artists, and explains, “I was free to explore the land, and anything seemed possible. This same passion and curiosity I have for the materials have pushed me to expand beyond the flat surface. I create three dimensional sculptures which incorporate layers of acrylic paint onto cast acrylic and the pieces are fused together like glass using resin. Light moves through them and they have multiple images depending on the angle of viewing.”

Sky Cathedral, mixed media, 20″ x 15″

Sandra is a highly regarded author of six best-selling art technique books for Penguin Random House, including Awakening Your Creative Soul. She also initiated an International Creativity Community, through which she hosts blogs, video lessons and community building support.

As a noted artist, author, and lecturer, Sandra has travelled worldwide on the invitation of many distinguished art organizations including Watermedia Society of Hawaii and The Rocky Mountain Collage Society. She has served as a juror for several prestigious organizations, schools, and community groups.

Recognized for her technical artistic proficiency, Sandra has served as an Ampersand Artist Ambassador.

As a child she apprenticed under her great aunt Santa Duran, a renowned artist (1909-2002). She pursued studies in physics, biology and chemistry and earned degrees in both Fine Art and Cognitive Science from the University of New Mexico.

Over the years Sandra has received several Awards of Excellence in juried exhibitions presented in the Manhattan Arts International curated online gallery including “HerStory” 2024. Her art was also selected for “The Healing Power of Color” 2024 exhibition presented by The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS, an initiative of Manhattan Arts International. 

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