Deborah Howard

Deborah Howard is a Cape Cod painter whose atmospheric landscapes explore the ever-changing relationship between light, weather, memory, and place. Having grown up on Cape Cod and returned there to live, she draws continual inspiration from its shifting marshes, tidal flats, and coastline. Her paintings move beyond traditional landscape, capturing not only what is seen, but also the emotional experience of a place shaped by time, tides, and changing conditions. Howard's process begins with black-and-white line drawings, notes on color, and observations recorded in sketchbooks. Working intuitively, she builds each painting through layers, allowing traces of earlier marks to emerge beneath the surface. This balance of revealing and obscuring creates quiet, evocative compositions that reflect the depth and transience of the natural world. Howard earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Massachusetts and continued her studies in the graduate program at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. She has exhibited extensively in Boston and New York and is represented by The Gallery on Federal and Savage Godfrey Gallery. Howard lives and paints in Barnstable, Massachusetts, where the Cape's evolving landscape continues to inform her work.

might have been here before
Oil and India ink on Baltic birch panel
30 × 40 inches
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dead low
Oil and India ink on Baltic birch panel
20 × 32 inches
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clouded
Oil and India ink on Baltic birch panel
20 × 32 inches
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midnight swim
Oil and India ink on Baltic birch panel
20 × 30 inches
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only sky
Oil on Baltic birch panel
16 × 20 inches
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on the edge
Oil and India ink on Baltic birch panel
20 × 60 inches
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