20th Anniversary of our gallery….

In May, 1988, Alvaro Cardona-Hine and I opened our gallery here where we still live in Truchas, NM. Everyone thought we were nuts because Santa Fe and Taos, each about a one hour drive from Truchas in opposite directions, were the art centers of New Mexico. They thought we were nuts to begin with just [...]

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More New Work from Mexico, 2007: Mexican Beach

Every afternoon, after painting, I would walk about one block down a narrow dirt road lined with adobe walled gardens overhung with bougainvilleas of varying hues: pinks, deep red, white, yellow. Mourning doves perched on the electrical wires overhead and kept one round eye on my passage, accompanying me with their soft calls. Fabulous? You [...]

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New Work from Todos Santos, Mexico, 2007

Baja, Mexico, 41″ x 31″, Acrylic

In the winter of 2007, my husband, Alvaro, and I spent three deliciously warm and green months in Todos Santos (All Saints), Baja, Mexico, about one hour north of Cabo San Lucas on the Pacific Ocean. We rented a house that friends built from the couple who had bought it [...]

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Hello world!

Amazing that I should be here in this tiny mountain village of around 850 people, and at the same time in touch with potentially millions of people all over in the world!! It is astonishing that you will be able to view my paintings on this site and on our Cardona-Hine Gallery website (www.cardonahinegallery.com). For [...]

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