My paintings are evidence of a tender touch and the finite relationship that I hold with physical paint. I complete each piece with oil paint in one sitting, allowing the method of wet-on-wet to create a sensual, singular image where the figural takes form. This approach translates the fluid intimacy of my bodily experience, archiving each painting as a temporary, fleeting moment in time. Each work settles into a quiet breath of its own while also unabashedly indulging in its newly formed sensuality.

Delaney Rayborn (b. 2002) is an artist from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She received her BFA at the University of Georgia (2025) and is now an MFA candidate for the SMFA at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts.