Delmas Howe

DELMAS HOWE
photo: Charles Rushton © Charles Rushton

"The New Mexico artist Delmas Howe combines Greco-
Roman myth with the myth of the cowboy. [He] offers an idyllic, idealized world, a  guilt-free celebration of a sexuality which no longer considers itself to be forbidden."

Edward Lucie-Smith
Art Today, Phaidon

"THE RETURN OF ULYSSES"
oil on canvas, 60 x 78.5 inches
© DELMAS HOWE

Penelope turns to examine the approaching figure not realizing yet that it is her husband. A suitor stands in the trailer and the finished quilt hangs over  the chair. Ulysses is returning in the nick of time. Telemachus leads a horse ino the scene and the dog who recognizes his master first is beginning to wag his tail.

 "THESEUS"
oil on canvas, 38 x 44 inches
© DELMAS HOWE

"SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME"
oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches
© DELMAS HOWE

"JOHN, PETER AND JAMES"
oil on canvas, 26x 48 inches
© DELMAS HOWE