Cardona-Hine Art Gallery opened its doors in May of 1988 in the village of Truchas, NM, one of the most beautiful and special villages on the famous High Road to Taos (State Route 76). Many tourists and art collectors travel this road on their way from Santa Fe to Taos, often for the fabulous views, but also to find the studios and workshops of the artists and artisans who live in the villages along the way. Inevitably, people found us, and gradually the word spread about our gallery and our art. Now, twenty years later, we are expanding into the world of the internet. Another great adventure!

In twenty years, we have learned a great deal about our patrons, about how art enlivens and enhances their lives, as important to them as it is to us, its makers. And most wonderfully, we discovered the reality of something we had known only intellectually: that when someone falls in love with a work of art, the painting is brought to life out in the world, that, truly, at that moment of acceptance, the creative process  finalizes. It is an amazing and magical moment, empowering to both parties.

Our purpose is to provide you with our finest art work at reasonable prices . Art is humanity's greatest gift. It is what lasts after all else is long forgotten. We still read the Iliad, listen to Mozart, are awed by Michelangelo's David. Art touches us, it awakens us whether we make it or receive it. This is what we offer you.

As the creators of the art in our gallery, we are committed to offer you, our clients, satisfaction with your choices:

*we offer a 15 day money back guarantee for both print and painting purchases; refunds are in the same form in which you originally paid.

*we also offer our regular art collectors a 10% discount on future purchases (provided their past purchases are over $1,000); that means once you have made a purchase at $1000 or above, you also get this discount.

*we allow exchanges. If you, for example, downsize and now find that the art you bought 4 years ago is too big for your new space, you may exchange it for one or more works of art up to the value of  what you originally paid for the piece you are returning. 

          
*we offer studio prices, meaning our prices are realistic, the value of our art established by our history of sales over these many years.

*If you want to reach a little outside your budget for a more expensive piece of art, we offer interest free time payments.

*Cardona-Hine Art Gallery will never sell or share any of your information to anyone for any reason. Ever. We will never use your name or your comments without your permission (See our Privacy Policy).

*our credit card transactions are securely processed by Paypal, which has up-to-date fraud security in place to protect both us and our clients. We take Mastercard, Visa, Discover and American Express.

The Cardona-Hine Art Gallery website is also internally protected by the most up-to-date security.
Please see our Policies Page for details on returns, exchanges, layaway and  packing and shipping.