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Intimate and contemplative, Danielle Mckinney paints moments of female solitude. Using acrylic paint on canvas, she puts single figures in homely places. They’re always occupied, whether smoking a cigarette or sitting deep in thought. She draws attention to physical details, using luminous colours. The photographic backgrounds, faces and fingernails are often highlighted in bright orange. She says, "I can’t undo that photographic training – it’s embedded in how I begin a painting". She uses photos of Art Deco interiors from Pinterest and Instagram as a starting point. American painters Barkley L. Hendricks and Kerry James Marshall inspire her. Both had a huge influence on Black American portraiture.

Jenna Gribbon challenges how we look at portraits of women. Her bright, enigmatic portraits show powerful naked women. Instead of 'acting pretty', they do everyday things. Some play guitar, eat food, or look directly at the viewer. Others have close-up limbs, faces, and body parts that dominate the painting. Gribbon’s process is collaborative. She begins with a photograph that she takes herself. Then, she uses friends and family to pose for her as muses. In broad, confident brushstrokes she captures them in powerful stances with oil paint. Her process also involves looking at images online – a world that is saturated and lacking in privacy.