Artists
Xan Sinclair Koonce
Dallas Gallery


Soul's Rhythm I
36"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Righteous Bloom
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Twist of Oleander
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Soul's Rhythm II
40"w x 30"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Color Her Life
48"w x 72"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas

Rhapsody in Bloom
64"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas

Winged Winds
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Everlasting Love II
60"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Unrelenting Beams
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Harmony Abounding I
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Beautiful You
40"w x 30"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Petals and Vine
40"w x 30"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Come Dance with Me
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Emeralds and Coconuts I
32"w x 48"h x 1.75"d
Oil on canvas

Emeralds and Coconuts II
32"w x 48"h x 1.75"d
Oil on canvas

Butterscotch and Vanilla
40"w x 30"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Pearls of Truth
24"w x 18"h x .75"d
Oil on linen

Waltzing With Love
72"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas

Bud and Blossom
30"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas

Chords of Mighty Love
48"w x 72"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas

Angels in Strawberry Mountain
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Halo's Rest I
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Halo's Rest II
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Halo's Rest III
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Love's Halo
48"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Sweet Carolina I
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Beauty Revealed I
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas

Beauty Revealed II
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas

Love’s Dance
24"w x 24"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas

Rivers Rhythm I
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Interlaced I
20"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas

Interlaced II
20"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas

Interlaced III
20"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas

Interlaced IV
20"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas

Beautiful Boundaries I
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Beautiful Boundaries II
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Fetterless and Free
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Essence of Love
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Glorious Glimpses
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Beatific Presence II
60"w x 60"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Morning's First Glimmer III
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

When the Wind Blows
40"w x 30"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Color Her Soul
48"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

Restoring Harmony
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas

A Bow of a Promise
24" x 24" x 2"d
Mixed media on canvas

Waves of Galilee
60"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Everlasting Love I
60"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

The Spirit of Warmth
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Celestial Peaks II
11"w x 14"h x 1.5"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Morning's First Glimmer II
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Patriarch at Midnight
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Emeralds and Coconuts III
32"w x 48"h x 1.75"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Harmony Abounding II
60"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Once Upon a Time
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Celestial Peaks I
16"w x 20"h x 1.5"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Celestial Peaks III
11"w x 14"h x 1.5"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Tumbleweed Forward II
12"w x 12"h x 1.5"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Tumbleweed Forward I
16"w x 16"h x 1.5"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Tumbleweed Forward III
12"w x 12"h x 1.5"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Patriarch at Noonday
48"w x 72"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

Winged With Love
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

Sweet Carolina II
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Seed of Truth
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

The Grand Verities of Being
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

The Radiance of Soul
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Sweet Surrender
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Restoring Harmony II
48"w x 64"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Come Dance with Me
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

A Song for You II
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Rivers Rhythm II
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

You Say That I Am Strong
72"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Fly Me to the Moon I
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

Fly Me to the Moon II
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

Uninterrupted Harmony I
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Uninterrupted Harmony II
40"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Beautiful Day
60"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

You Say That I am Free
60"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Isn't She Lovely II
36" x 36" x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

Isn't She Lovely I
36" x 36" x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

Butterfly, Better Fly Away
36"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Beneath the Waters I
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Beneath the Waters II
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Beautifully Unveiled
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

The Good Soil
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Upward Wings
48"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

A New Life
30"w x 30"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

Mornings First Glimmer I
48"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Beautifully Unveiled II
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Strokes of Compassion I
36" x 36" x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

These Wings Were Made to Fly
48" w x 60"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Rising Sun
36" x 36" x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

And There's a Great Calm
48"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Every Mother's Dream
48"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Gentle Touch
48" x 48" x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

My Song For You
48" x 48" x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

First Faint Morning Beam III
70"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

First Faint Morning Beam II
24"w x 24"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

First Faint Morning Beam I
24"w x 24"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

A Song for You I
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

The Harmony of Love
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

The Wind Beneath Her Sails
48"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Celestial Angels II
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Fields of Glory
50"w x 40"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

All of Creation
48" x 48" x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

I'll Stand By You II
30"w x 30"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

Love Song
72"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on Canvas
SOLD

Ruby in the Rough
48"w x 48"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Inside My Heaven II
36"w x 36"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Sahara I
Oil on Canvas
48"w x 72"h x 2"d
SOLD

Bye Bye Birdie II
24"w x 24"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Bye Bye Birdie I
24"w x 24"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD

Bye Bye Birdie III
24"w x 24"h x 2"d
Oil on canvas
SOLD
Artist Biography
Xan Koonce is a Dallas-based artist who creates large abstract paintings in multiple mediums. Koonce worked at Southwestern University in the Office of University Relations for more than 30 years. She retired as the Associate Director of University Events in 2021 to pursue a full time career as an artist.
Koonce graduated magna cum laude in 2005 from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas with a BA in Studio Art and a minor in Art History. Over the last decade and a half, Koonce’s work has been represented by multiple galleries including Cerulean Gallery, Laura Rathe Fine Arts, Mary Tomas Gallery among others resulting in more than 30 solo and group exhibitions. Her current work can be viewed at Cerulean Gallery in Snider Plaza, Dallas, Texas.
Artist Statement
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.
My interest is taking the beauty I see and abstracting it to gain greater insight. Once inspired, I unapologetically apply seductive and radiant colors to my paintings as an expression of growth, strength, control and endurance. As I paint, my primary concern is conveying a sensual experience through color, line and composition.
I embody the synthesis of abstract expressionism with the palette of Matisse. It is precisely this fusion of spontaneity and color that leads me to produce a rich and expressive body of work.
All of my artistic pursuits stem from a passion for beauty and a reverence for the power that beauty has to transform life. I want my art to be a force for all that is positive, inspiring and beautiful. It’s not likely that my art will change every individual, but it might make one stop and understand that beauty is all around us.
Education
2005 BA, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
Exhibitions
2025 19th Anniversary Exhibition, Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, TX, April 2025
2024 Annual Summer Soiree, Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, TX, June 2024
2023 Against the Grain, Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, TX, September 2023
2023 Annual Summer Soirée, Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, Texas, June, 2023
2022 Art Market Hamptons, Cerulean Gallery, The Hamptons, New York, August, 2022
2022 Inner Bloom, Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, Texas, March, 2022
2021 Seeking Form: Alumni Art Exhibit at the Sarofim Gallery, Southwestern Univ., Oct 2021
2021 Boots to Bordeaux, F.I.G., Dallas, Texas, Sept., 2021
2021 Off the Grid, Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Aug.-Sept., 2021
2021 Viridian, Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, Texas, April 2021
2020 Out of the Blue, Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, Texas, March 2020
2015 Radius, Cerulean Gallery, Oil Paintings, Amarillo, Texas, March 2015
2014 From Every Voice, Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, April 2014
2012-2013 Gallery Georgetown, Hill Design + Gallery, Georgetown, Texas, Nov. 2012-Jan. 2013
2011 Perspectives, Hill Design + Gallery, Georgetown, Texas, Oct-Nov 2011
2009 Creative Influences, McNeese State University, Printmaking, Lake Charles, LA, July, 2009
2009 Uncommon Composites, Cerulean Gallery, Oil Paintings, Dallas, Texas, Feb-Mar., 2009
2008-2009 A Common Thread, JSpace, Oil Paintings, Marble Falls, Texas, Oct. 2008
2008 Vivid Imagination, Cerulean Gallery, Oil Paintings, Dallas, Texas, Aug. 2008
2008 Inner Section, Cerulean Gallery, Oil Paintings, Dallas, Texas, Feb. 2008
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, The Fine Arts Gallery, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, October, 2004
2001 The Children’s Hospital of Austin Auxiliary – 2nd Annual Art Exhibition, Renaissance Hotel, Austin, Texas, October, 2001.
2001 Painting Exhibition, Printmaking, Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, April, 2001
2000 Painting Exhibition, Abstract Oil Painting, Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
1999 Painting Exhibition, Abstract Oil Painting, Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
1997 Figurative Sculpture Exhibition, Self-portrait/Abstract Marble Sculpture, Sarofim School Fine Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
1996 Painting I Exhibition, Still Life, Sarofim School Fine Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
1996 Drawing I Exhibition, Sarofim School Fine Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
1995 Ceramics Exhibition, Wheel-thrown Bowls and Ginger Jars, Sarofim School Fine Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, April, 1995
1994 Ceramic Exhibition, Hand-built Clay Vessels, Sarofim School Fine Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
Selected Publications
2012 Modern Luxury Interiors, Courtesy of Hill Design + Gallery, Premiere Issue
2011 Luxe Interiors + Design, Courtesy of Hill Design + Gallery
2011 The View, Courtesy of Hill Design + Gallery, December Issue
2011 DG Design Guide, Courtesy of Hill Design + Gallery, Sept.
2011 DG Design Guide, Courtesy of Hill Design + Gallery, Oct.
2009 Modern Dallas, Courtesy of Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2008 Art News DFW, Courtesy of Cerulean Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Aug. Issue
Corporate Collections
GX Communications, Georgetown, Texas
Independent Bank, Dallas, Texas
Texas A & M Medical Research Facility, Temple Texas
Flash Photography, Dallas, Texas
Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas