About The Santa Fe Gallery

The Santa Fe Gallery is an eclectic mix of paintings, photography, pottery, jewelry, sculptures, hand woven textiles, and more. The gallery is a cultivation of artisans, cultures, and mediums carefully chosen for their unique reflection of the southwest lifestyle.

Opened in 2011, The Santa fe Gallery is a small venue with a very warm and welcoming ambiance giving clients a different gallery experience. Owner/artist Kathleen Piccione has painstakingly chosen every item and artist in an attempt to be completely unique and exclusive with the work she carries in the gallery. If you are in Santa Fe stop by and say hello. The gallery is located in downtown Santa Fe directly across from the historic St. Francis Cathedral in the Sena Plaza, a building over 200 years old. Or shop on line for unique hand crafted items and artwork.

Kathleen Piccione

Born in 1964 in Beloit Wisconsin, Kathleen’s early love of realism was influenced by such artists as James Bama and John Waterhouse . Mostly self- taught from an early age, she became proficient in black and white mediums preferring graphite, charcoal, and ink over paint. She gradually moved into color mediums working in color pencil then finally delving into acrylics and recently oils. As a portrait artist in her 20’s she did extensive commissioned work for clients focusing on people, pets, and equine art.

In 2000 Kathleen started her own faux finishing and mural business and eventually relocated to Las Vegas, NV. Interior Design became a natural transition while working on residential and commercial projects. Clients often times had her in their home or businesses for 6 months to a year doing a wide variety of jobs from original artwork to entire floor layouts and design themes. She also branched out into iron furniture design, plasma cutting, and iron finishes. Her ability to create believable trompe’loi landed her work in several million dollar homes and parade homes and her large scale murals are in various businesses across the U.S.

Kathleen relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2011 to fulfill a lifelong dream. Her emphasis at this stage of her career is to create subjects that she is passionate about. Her close ties to native people and culture, as well as her own discovery of Chippewa ancestry has given her the desire to create meaningful pieces depicting the spiritual side of native people, southwest genre, and the animals and wildlife that are dearest to her heart.

Kathleen’s work has won various awards and has been shown in galleries in Wisconsin, Utah, Nevada, Illinois and New Mexico and is also in various private collections. Her murals are throughout the U.S.

“I feel people connect with a particular painting or creation not so much by what they see but by the feeling or the energy that emanates from a particular piece. That is why, as an artist, I must be in tune with myself and my subject if I intend to create a piece that will draw the viewer in and touch their heart.” - Kathleen Piccione ( artist, gallery owner )