{"id":26310,"date":"2024-07-11T19:30:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T19:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/?p=26310"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:48:10","slug":"what-artists-like-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/what-artists-like-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Curated by Artists #6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

– with Guest Curator Orlanda Broom<\/p>\n\n\n

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Orlanda in her studio<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Painter of luscious leafiness Orlando Broom joins us this week, as nominated by Colette Lavette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NW<\/strong> – Your work has been exhibited in LA, the Threadneedle Prize, plus multiple times at the Royal Academy Summer Show. You’ve also completed major commissions for the Four Seasons Hotel in New York and the Mandarin Oriental in London, making you one of the most experienced artists on New Blood Art. Many emerging artists could only dream of a career like yours. Are there any challenges that come with being a more established artist? Do you look back on your early days living in Spain and Portugal and wish you’d done anything differently?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OB<\/strong> – Thank you \u2013 but I have to say, there are always challenges, it\u2019s never plain sailing and there many things I would do differently! I think over time you just get a bit more used to the ebb and flow of it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sunny
Orlanda Broom
Masters Artist
26 x 36 cm | 10 x 14 in
Mixed media painting on aluminium
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NW<\/strong> – You mention that there are two strands to your practice: “lush, exotic landscapes and contemporary abstract pieces”. Your work is so textural and both approaches sit so well together. It’s almost like the abstract pieces are playtime for your deliciously abundant landscapes. Which came first for you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OB<\/strong> – The abstract pieces came about through experimentation with resin; initially using it as a thick varnish for my landscape paintings, I soon realised it had greater potential. My work has always had a semi-abstract element and even though the two strands look quite different, I am exploring similar themes within both bodies of work. Like a lot of artists, I have various approaches to conveying ideas and using different materials helps develop and further my practice. One compliments the other in terms of how I paint them\u2026 the practical and mental approach are quite different for each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NW<\/strong> – In an interview with Windsor and Newton you mention your paintings are “representations of the future, where nature has taken back over”. Are they based on real plants\/flowers, or are they imagined?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OB<\/strong> – I try to convey a sense of wonder and seduction through these exotic places at the same time as there being the potential for entrapment. The plants and flowers aren\u2019t strictly based on real plants, but I do draw from life and refer to botanical art books. I like the forms to be slightly strange, surreal and I\u2019m also following the way in which the paint flows, so there\u2019s an element of abstraction in the plant forms.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Flipside
Orlanda Broom
Masters Artist
36 x 48 cm | 14 x 18 in
Mixed media painting on paper
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NW<\/strong> – Do you have to travel to find inspiration, or can you find it within your daily life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OB<\/strong> – Inspiration comes from all sorts of places, I started painting with hyper colour when I lived in London, as a kind of antidote to what I perceived at the time as grey, urban living. I like the otherworldly escapism that landscape paintings can offer and tapping into memories of places I\u2019ve been which can\u2019t help but have a rose-tinted element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NW<\/strong> – I can see how important paint is to your practice, which is full of rippling brushstrokes, colourful scuffs and pools of liquid pigment. Do you do much drawing? I’m interested how that would fit in to your work, which seems so driven by the painting process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OB<\/strong> – You\u2019re right – because my paintings are also an exploration of the medium itself, drawing isn\u2019t integral to my work. Having said that, although I don\u2019t plan out compositions (all that is done on the canvas) I do keep a sketch book which is more like a journal. Having different processes and approaches important in keeping some energy and experimentation within the work as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bella Blue
Orlanda Broom
Masters Artist<\/a>
27 x 33 cm | 10 x 12 in
Painting in resin on canvas
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Orlanda has selected 7 works from the New Blood Art Collection, including bold sculpture, delicate etching, intriguing painting and more. Orlanda has nominated Charlotte Brisland as the next Artist Curator. Excited to learn more!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicola Wiltshire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Yellow Door
Charlotte Brisland
Masters Artist<\/a>
17 x 25 cm | 6 x 9 in 
Oil on paper


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\u201cI love the limited palette, strange play with scale and the looming quality of the plant\/tree forms\u2026 it\u2019s very mysterious. I like the way she talks about her work and I know she\u2019s a fan of JG Ballard, for me, this comes through. I\u2019m lucky to have a couple of Charlotte\u2019s paintings and I love them.\u201d – OB<\/p>\n\n\n

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In Slip
Rosie Nicolson
15 x 21 cm | 5 x 8 in
Sculpture in plaster poured into slip, metal (edition of 5)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cIntriguing organic forms which have a bodily feel, I like the ambiguity of these sculptures\u2026 they conjure up all sorts of reference points. I\u2019m also curious about how they are made.\u201d – OB<\/p>\n\n\n

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Gentle Reduction
Vanessa Onuk
120 x 100 cm | 47 x 39 in 
Acrylic on raw cotton
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” I love the lightness of touch, delicate washes and bleed of the paint. There is something otherworldly about this painting, it\u2019s very beautiful and captivating.\u201d – OB<\/p>\n\n\n

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White Flower 3
Emiko Aida
Masters Artist
27 x 27 cm | 10 x 10 in
Original etching in printing ink on paper (edition of 40)
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\u201cThe attention to detail and beauty of Emiko\u2019s work is wonderful. We used to be studio neighbours so I know her work quite well and I love this latest series of prints, the flower so subtle and delicate on this strong red ground.\u201d – OB<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fruiting_Body.002
Damaris Athene
92 x 82 cm | 36 x 32 in
Original sculpture in mixed media (freestanding)
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\u201cThis looks like it\u2019s landed on earth from outer space, just love that this amorphous thing is inhabiting a corner, being intriguing and strange! There\u2019s so much to take from her work, from an interesting process to the ideas she\u2019s exploring\u2026 a fascinating artist.\u201d – OB<\/p>\n\n\n

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Without Us They Fall
Rachel McDonnell
30 x 22 cm | 11 x 8 in
Oil on wood panel
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\u201cI think there are some parallels between the themes and ideas we are exploring about the fragility of the environment. There\u2019s a sense of quiet drama in this painting, the format she\u2019s chosen to paint on feels nostalgic, romantic even\u2026 but there\u2019s something foreboding and dark about this work.\u201d – OB<\/p>\n\n\n

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Countryman
Colette Lavette
Masters Artist<\/a>
29 x 38 cm | 11 x 14 in
Oil on heavyweight paper
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\u201cThis painting makes me think of Greek Mythology \u2013 it\u2019s evocative of a different time, something ancient. The palette, her use of natural pigments and minerals that she grinds herself all give the work a feeling of a step back in time. Beautiful.\u201d – OB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve found it hard to choose, there\u2019s a lot of great work and interesting artists on the NBA site! It\u2019s so important for artists to have this platform, to be able to start selling and get the confidence to continue. Thanks to Sarah, NBA and all the people who support us by buying art.\u201d – Orlanda Broom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":26312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[525],"tags":[493,494,492,490,488,491,489],"class_list":["post-26310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-curated-by-artists","tag-art-curator","tag-artist-curator","tag-emerging-artist","tag-nicola-wiltshire","tag-orlanda-broom","tag-uk-artist","tag-what-artists-like"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26310"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29677,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26310\/revisions\/29677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}