The Cape Cod landscape is rarely static; it exists in the shifts between light and land, fog and water. My recent paintings inhabit Gloam—that transitional twilight where the horizon line fades, fog rolls in over the water, and the physical world dissolves into memory and atmosphere.
Shifting away from idyllic coastal depictions, this series instead reflect the untamed, moody unpredictability of this environment. Working within a heavily reduced palette and worked surface, I strive to create a visual space that feels both grounded and deeply elusive.
- Deborah Howard, 2026
Drifting away
oil, india ink, on baltic birch panel
20” x 60”
Reflecting Dusk
oil on baltic birch panel
36" x 48"
Undercurrents
oil on baltic birch panel
38" x 30"
Clouded
oil, pencil on baltic birch panel
20" x 32"
Midnight Swim
oil, india ink on baltic birch panel
20" x 30"
Hallowed ground
oil, india ink on baltic birch panel
40" x 48"
Hint of spring/SOLD
oil and india ink on baltic birch panel
40" x 48"
Deeply rooted
oil, india ink, pencil on baltic birch panel
48" x 36"
Reveal
oil on baltic birch panel
36" x 48"
The Thaw
oil, india ink on baltic birch panel
40" x 30"
Dead Low
oil, india ink on baltic birch panel
20" x 32"
feet on the ground; pink pools/SOLD
oil, walnut & india ink on baltic birch panel
40" x 60"