For his most recent series of paintings, begun whilst in residence at ArtSway, Orr has included references to works by old masters, particularly French Rococo painters such as Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Jean-Antoine Watteau – whilst retaining elements of the more bombastic and romantic ideals of the German painter Caspar David Friedrich. Orr also saw his time at ArtSway as affording him the space – both mental and physical – to refresh his practice, to take himself out of his usual urban context, and to embark on a new body of work. This new work, which will be exhibited at ArtSway in April 2010, will be a mixture of old and new techniques and ideas.