Touching Stone​​​ Gallery

Quiet austere beauty, the essence of Japanese wabi sabi aesthetic, is also a timeless quality of the American Southwest. Santa Fe-based artist Akiko Hirano captured the endearing feelings of Japan and the American Southwest with her pastel paintings, accompanied by black-and-white photography and emotive writing by her husband Tim Wong. A book entitled Touching Stone: Canyon Vignettes, featuring 49 of her paintings and stories was published days before she passed away on September 2, 2025. It was her wish to donate all the proceeds from that book to the Bear Ears Partnership for education and conservation of the land that she loved. Please inquire here.