Orlanda Broom in her studio in Hampshire
British artist Orlanda Broom paints lush, saturated landscapes that celebrate the beauty and wilderness of nature. Candice Tucker visited the artist at Grove Square Galleries, where her work is currently on display, to discuss her painting processes, artistic influences and visions of a rewilded planet
1. How do you typically begin a new body of work"
I tend to work on a few paintings at one time so a body of work tends to naturally come about. I start by putting a lot of paint down on the canvas, and its quite an organic process in that I don?t know what the painting is going to look like at the end. I tend to go with what?s happening on the canvas and then work back from that. The composition will suggest itself once I?ve got quite a few layers of paints down; I will find parts of it that seem to suggest a tree or light or a mountain range, so it?s quite abstract to a point and then I try to organise it. Follow LUX on Instagram: luxthemagazine
2. What draws you to paint with such a vibrant colour palette"
I have always loved colour, and my paintings have always been led almost entirely by colour. In this recent body of work, I think I?ve really ranked up the colour because of the situation that we are in. Everything has felt quite heavy and I think I needed to inject a bit of positivity. It gave me a lot of pleasure to work with fluorescent paints and also, it?s a challenge working with those much brighter colours becaus...