Peaceful Wind

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Peaceful Wind is a gallery of fine Asian arts located in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico. The gallery features fine works of art, textiles and jewelry from India, Nepal, Tibet and Southeast Asia. Throughout our many on-line gallery rooms, you can click on any of the small images to go to a larger image with full caption and price details.

on-line gallery opened: 17 Mar. 1995
Updated: 09 Sep. 2010 (Gallery1: Featured Items) Updated: 09 Sep. 2010 (Gallery2: Fine Himalayan and Indian Sculpture) Updated: 09 Sep. 2010 (Gallery3: Himalayan Painting) Updated: 05 May. 2008 (Gallery4: Fine Manuscript Covers) Updated: 08 Jun. 2007 (Gallery5: Fine Tibetan Furniture) Updated: 05 May. 2008 (Gallery6: Contemporary Tibetan Painting) Updated: 20 Sep. 2006 (Gallery7: Special Exhibition: LHASA TRAIN) Updated: 10 Nov. 2006 (Gallery8: Contemporary Traditional Himalayan Art) Updated: 05 May. 2008 (Gallery9: Ritual Objects) Updated: 16 Feb. 2008 (Gallery10: Household and Domestic Objects) Updated: 09 Feb. 2010 (Gallery11: Masks) Updated: 16 Feb. 2007 (Gallery12: Jewelry) Updated: 08 Jun. 2007 (Gallery13: Rugs and Textiles) Updated: 09 Feb. 2010 (Gallery14: Affordable Fine Sculpture)

In this gallery you will find a diverse selection of featured items from our collection. Our emphasis in this gallery is on fine works of unusual quality and individual virtue.

In this gallery you will find high-quality sculpture from the Himalayas and India. Sculptures in all media, including wood and clay as well as cast and repousse bronze and copper are included.

This gallery features highlights from a large exhibition of Himalayan painting at our gallery in Santa Fe.

In this gallery you will find a selection from our collection of painted and carved manuscript covers. We also maintain a collection of Nepalese manuscripts. For further information on our manuscripts, please inquire via our 'Contact Peaceful Wind' page

This gallery continues our exhibition of fine Tibetan furniture, a genre of Tibetan household art that is now beginning to attract the attention it deserves.

This gallery includes highlights from first major exhibition of Contemporary Tibetan painting to be held in the United States. Included are paintings from most of the contemporary artists working today in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet and the heartland of Tibetan history, culture and religion. It features the work of the artists of the Gedun Choephel Artists Guild who have organized a cooperative gallery and exhibition space in Lhasa.

A special exhibition in our gallery September 22 through October 15, 2006. 20 Artists from Tibet's capital interpret the arrival of the Beijing-Lhasa rail service.

Here you will find a selection of contemporary traditional art from the Himalayan region, currently with an emphasis on fine painting in traditional styles.

In this gallery you will find fine ritual objects such as the well-known Tibetan dorje or thunderbolt sceptre.

Here you will find finely crafted objects of domestic utility such as boxes, pots and jugs in bronze, clay and wood.

Peaceful Wind has one of the largest collections of antique Himalayan masks in the United States. Our specialities are Monpa masks from Aruncachal Pradesh and Nepal tribal masks. We also have a small but fine selection of Southeast Asian masks. These often overlooked works of art often rise to the level of sculptural masterpiece.

Peaceful Wind has a large collection of antique and modern jewelry from Asia, including pieces in gold, silver and repousse copper.

We have a small but fine selection of antique Tibetan rugs, as well as a varied collecion of Southeast Asian weavings, including supplementary weft weavings and tie die Matmi cloths from Laos and Thailand. The collection contains examples of fine Laotian wedding sarongs in mixed supplementary weft and Matmi.

Here you will find authentic fine Himalayan and Indian sculpture that is affordably priced.