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D E L M A S   H O W E
Mood Paintings & Drawings
The Good Grief Series

Main Gallery
OCT 14 - DEC 31, 2023

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Mood Drawing 3 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16"

The artwork in Howe’s show are abstracts he calls “mood drawings.” Howe, while creating his usual representational pieces, would take a break to capture a sense of his mood on a nearby sketch pad or canvas. These reflections with a mixture of motion and color have a deep, contemplative aura. This show of Howe’s mood drawings is the first public exhibition to feature solely his abstract works.

Mood Drawing 1 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 30" x 24"

Mood Painting 2 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"

Mood Drawing 4 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16"

Mood Painting 5 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"

Howe established himself as an important artist with his “Rodeo Pantheon” series. It spoke openly to the LGBTQ+ community in the format of “serious” art very early on in the gay rights movement. Howe combined his love of a beaux arts style with his childhood experiences growing up in the “cowboy culture” of Truth or Consequences, NM. The use of a traditional, academic style to provocatively represent Southern New Mexico cowboys stands the classical concepts of beaux arts paintings on their head. But at the same time, Howe manages to respectfully pay homage to the cowboys while providing clever insights into American culture. The initial “Rodeo Pantheon” series – catalogued in the publication Rodeo Pantheon – has been followed by other great series – “Stations: A Gay Passion” (critiqued in Arte de Sida en Nuevo York by José Luis Plaza Chillón), “Guys and Canyons”, “Gesture and Texture”, and “Fresh Air”.

Mood Painting 6 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"

Mood Painting 7 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"

Mood Painting 8 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"

Mood Painting 9 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18" SOLD

Mood Painting 10 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"

Mood Painting 11 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"

Mood Painting 12 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"

Mood Painting 13 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18" $675.00

Mood Painting 14 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18" SOLD

Mood Painting 15 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18" SOLD

Mood Drawing 16 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16" SOLD

Mood Painting 17 The Good Grief Series Delmas Howe acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"

Delmas is one of nine recipients of New Mexico 2006 Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts.​ Howe has artwork in the Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico Capitol Arts Foundation Collection and the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. 

Mood Drawings The good Grief Series # 7 mixed media on paper, 17" x 14"

Mood Drawings The good Grief Series # 15 mixed media on paper, 17" x 14"

Mood Drawings The good Grief Series # 32 mixed media on paper, 17" x 14"

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