Best Gallery in Santa FeJust returned from Santa Fe and hung up our new painting. We saw so much beautiful and thought provoking art during our week long excursion. When it came time to buy we returned to Bills gallery due to the positive customer experience when we were browsing. He provided interesting background information about the artists. He also was a non-pretentious dude. Thanks Bill! We will be back.

Art is pretty solid but Bill the owner is one of the most pompous and arrogant people I have ever met. When trying to discuss the art he was unhelpful and abrasive, even insulting. Its a pity such good art is wasted on such a self-important owner.

Do not buy anything from this dealer. He is arrogant, dishonest and is attempting to cheat us out of our deposit.

Wonderful service. I have purchased three paintings from this gallery and each time they have personally delivered my paintings to Houston, TX. The owner is a very interesting person. Take the time to visit with him. He is so interesting to talk with. He delivers painting all over the United States. He takes the time to inform and teach the buyer not only about the particular paintings, but about the artists themselves.

Nicest gallery owner in Santa Fe. Very professional. He helped me acquire my best purchase in Santa Fe. He is well known by all the locals who respect him as well.

Thanks to Bill Hester and Sean Wimberly for giving us much happiness with a little piece of New Mexico every day. This is my 2nd purchase from Bill and it was great. He even delivered the painting to us... doesnt get any better than that.

I really enjoyed working with Bill. He was so helpful and knowedgeable. This was a great experience. I love my paintings!

The worst gallery experience of my life. Me, my wife and 2 other couples (all collectors) spent several days in Santa Fe and unfortunately we not only found our way into Bill Hester Fine Arts, we had the unfortunate opportunity to meet Bill Hester in person. To say he was delightful is a complete mis representation of our experience.As I previously mentioned, we are collectors and we have been collecting for many years. We found a piece we loved in Mr. Hesters Gallery and so did one of the other couples we were with. We were all working with a very nice young man (Daniel) that works for Mr. Hester. To Daniels credit, I think he realized we were serious and he went and got Mr. Hester. To say Mr. Hester made all 4 of us feel unwelcome is an understatement. In fact, all of us heard Mr. Hester ask Daniel why he called him and then he proceeded to tell him and I quote:Dont call me until you are ready to close. We were all turned off by what we heard, in fact, our friends moved on, but Mr. Hester left and my wife and I continued to talk to Daniel about the piece we really liked. In fact, it wasnt until we called home and had our son measure the space that we realized the piece just wasnt big enough. We then asked Daniel if he could check to see if the artist would do a commissioned piece for us. I wrote down all of my information and the measurement of the piece we were looking for. About 2 days later, I received a call from Daniel (again, very nice) he left me a voice message (that I still have) that stated the artist had been called and unfortunately at this time Chris, (the Artist) is not in a position to do any commission work, but if you are interested in anything in the gallery, please let them know. Not sure why, but I was suspicious of this response, so I mediately tracked the artist down through social media. All of his postings make it clear that commission work was welcome. I personally reached out to the artist and not only did I learn that he does commission work, I learned that the artist had never been called about doing a piece for us.If you think the story is boring and ends here, keep reading. After learning that I had been completely lied to, I decided to call and speak directly to Mr. Hester. I began by telling him how turned off we were by his comments to his employee (Daniel) in front of us. Mr. Hester then said to me, What is wrong with that comment? I responded by stating that what was wrong was that you were reprimanding an employee in front of your customer. He then said. I wasnt reprimanding him! Mr. Goldberg, have you ever sold anything? although completely irrelevant, I told him I sell every day. In fact, everyone sells everyday. He never apologized or denied what we heard him say. In fact, he justified it, and he told me he disagreed with me and that I was being very rude to him?Remember, I havent even mentioned the part about being lied to about the artist doing commission work. This is when it really became clear that calling him was a complete wast of my time. He told me that Bill Hester Fine arts only does commission work with one artist, so what I was told was correct. I reminded Mr. Hester that this was not what I was told, I had been told that the artist had been contacted and that the artist was not in a position to do any commission work at this time. Turns out the artist does commission work, but he had never even been called.You would think in this age of transparency, that you would willingly help a customer or future customer get what they are looking for, even if you cant provide it to them, right now. Building long term relationships ultimately sells and this is something that Mr. Hester either doesnt understand or doesnt care to understand.Mr. Hester, we live in a very transparent world and we can no longer hide behind inexcusable behavior and bad unethical sales tactics. While I may not be able to change your attitude or service mentality, I can at least share it with the world.

We purchased a painting and had it shipped across country. Extremely happy with the service, help in making our selection, etc.

Rudest gallery owner Ive ever encountered. I would think twice before being represented by this man and his gallery.