Denny Haskew

2021 Legacy Artist

“I am honored to be selected as a Legacy Artist for the Colorado Governor’s Art Show. I have either participated in or viewed every show since its first year and realize how important it has been for me as well as Colorado artist. I am especially pleased to be a part of a show that is gifting part of its proceeds to homeless families. 

“My themes are recurring: Spirit, Love, Forgiveness, Healing, Relationship, Endurance, the Sacredness of the Human Spirit, and the Strength in each of us, the Power of all that is Natural.  

“The strength of my work ascends from the Spirit of the people portrayed — Native Americans, Mayans, friends, children, people of the Great Plains and West. This same Spirit connects each of us with the harmony of nature and one’s relationship to another.  

“Concern with composition and fascination with the human form has led me to portray figures in unusual, sometimes nearly contorted positions. Dramatically individualistic facial features combine with carefully composed figures to reveal souls filled with emotion, contemplative, occasionally scarred from circumstances of living, but never beaten by life.” 

Denny has created over 40 monumental works since 1985 and his work is represented in museums throughout the United States.