American artist Danielle Orchard is known for her luminous, stylized paintings of female figures that draw from the language of analytic Cubism and modernist art. Working from her studio in Massachusetts, Orchard explores the complexities of the female experience through fragmented forms, intimate gestures, and richly layered compositions. Her paintings challenge traditional portrayals of women in art history, offering a perspective shaped by her own life as both a woman and a mother. For her upcoming solo exhibition at Perrotin Los Angeles, Orchard presents a new body of work centered on the depictions of motherhood. These paintings continue her dialogue on the female nude—not as an object of observation, but as an active subject of narrative, memory, and interiority. With a refined yet expressive approach to color and form, Orchard creates spaces where the psychological and painterly realms merge, offering nuanced portraits of intimacy, exhaustion, quiet resilience, and transformation. Image credit: Danielle Orchard, Boats in a Storm, 2025. Oil on linen, 168 x 219 cm | 66 x 86 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. Photographer: Guillaume Ziccarelli.