Angie salfield
I am an artist experimenting with fibre textiles, photography and abstract acrylics. I live and work in Frome, Somerset. My work is multidisciplinary, using various techniques and materials in unique ways to express the concepts I am currently exploring.
Currently I am researching and experimenting with the concepts of grids and folds. Grids are, for me, the expression of abstraction. This focus is influenced by several artists including Mark Rothko, Annie Albers and Agnes Martin.
I am interested in the viewer being able to immerse themselves in the ambience of the piece, providing the opportunity for absorbing and experiencing form and colour in a meditative way.
I like to use sustainable and re-cycled materials where ever possible. In particular I am fascinated by the potential of using discarded packaging to create unusual art works. In my images I have included a work in progress, using discarded cardboard and packaging and sacking to explore the potential of found grids.
The idea of folds comes from the influence on my work of my background as a therapist and interest in psychoanalytic concepts being expressed in art forms. Folds are never binary, and represent the potential for continuous vistas disappearing and then reappearing.
