Danielle Orchard

Private Collection

"My process is disorganized and frenetic, with an emphasis on the tactile and sculptural quality of oil paint. I pour, scrape, and build up thick fields of impasto until an image is realized. I search for sources on Instagram and in museums and books, and am most strongly drawn to points of physical pressure–two vases touching in a Morandi, Georgia O'Keefe's hand resting on a cow skull–elliptical moments that I hope to capture and merge with the cast of characters I paint, characters who are, ultimately, proxies for myself."

-DANIELLE ORCHARD