Danielle Orchard, I am my own Muse

Inspiration comes from the great painters of modernity, Picasso and Matisse above all. Orchard’s paintings often look to the great Masters, their styles and subjects, to create portraits of female nudes. A theme that Orchard reinterprets in a cubist, analytical, multi-perspective style. The concept of the female nude is deeply rooted in the history of art, think of the idea of ​​the inspiring mus, or even simply nude painting intended as study of the human body. Orchard adds depth because she approaches the canvas looking at her own experience as a female artist, who has studied, posed and even taught in life drawing courses. Orchard eliminates the guesswork in discerning the subject, directing the viewers’ gaze to the expressiveness, interiority and identity of the models depicted in those unveiled bodies.