Winkler is concerned with communication on an emotional level.  She involves  the viewer with the use of vivid color further intensifying the expressive quality of the work.  A sense of spontaneity and movement is a result of the loose, sometimes aggressive brush work.  The result is a skillful blending of nature and abstraction.

Lillian was born overseas and immigrated with her parents to Chicago in the early 1950's.  There she attended the University of Illinois at Chicago and Ray College of Design. 

She subsequently moved to Los Angeles in the 1980"s and studiied with several professional artists at the California Art Institute. In 1993 she became an artist member of the California Art Club. Galaxy of Graphics published several garden landscapes from1993 through 2003.

 Several galleries in Palm Desert, Ketchum Idaho and Laguna, have shown her work over the last 20 years.

In the late 1990's she was an exhibitor at the New York and Los Angeles Art Expos., where in 1997 she was awarded Best Emerging Artist.

She has been represented by Jospeh Wise Gallery in Laguna Beach, since 2003.