Wolf Kahn created luminous abstract landscapes using bold, saturated bands of color that dissolve natural forms into pure chromatic expression, closely mirroring Mayhew's vibrant horizontal color fields in Delusions. Both artists merge expressive color with recognizable landscape structure to evoke mood rather than literal representation.

Sam Gilliam shared Mayhew's identity as a celebrated Black American artist working with intensely saturated, expressive color on canvas, often evoking atmospheric and environmental sensation through abstract layering. His bold, fluid color relationships parallel the brilliant pinks, yellows, and blues moving across Delusions.

Frankenthaler pioneered color field painting that transforms landscape sensations into sweeping abstract bands of vivid, emotionally resonant hues, directly comparable to the expressive color progressions seen in Delusions. Like Mayhew, she used color itself as the primary vehicle for conveying natural mood and atmosphere.