On view April 6 - July 6, 2026

Explore the work of DeLoss McGraw, a painter inspired by literary sources such as William Blake, Lewis Carroll, Mary Shelley, Gabriel García Márquez, and many others. Rather than illustrating these works, McGraw reinvents them, retelling and reinterpreting their stories through his paintings.

Presented by the UC San Diego Library’s Special Collections & Archives, this exhibition highlights a recent gift of McGraw paintings and prints, alongside drawings, sketches and publications from the Library’s existing DeLoss McGraw archive.

DeLoss McGraw: Painter-Poet is on view at Geisel Library in the Exhibition Gallery on the 2nd (main) Floor during the building's open hours.