ANGELA ALLEN IS A LOS ANGELES-Based Abstract Artist and interiors devotee.
MY work EXPLORES THE MATERIALS THEMSELVES: INKs SOAKED IN WATER, THE TEXTURE OF BRUSH STROKES AND ceramics and plaster applied to surface. THEY ARE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL; REFLECTING CONTRASTS, OPPOSITES AND CONTRADICTIONS. DARK VERSES LIGHT, HARD VERSES SOFT. in a PREFERRED PALETTE of neutrals but ALWAYS ANCHORed with black. THE PIECES ARE INTENSE BUT FLUID. THEY ARE ORGANIC IN NATURE AND IN PROCESS. THE MATERIALS ARE THE GUIDE AND I OBEDIENTLY FOLLOW. THE PAINTINGS EMBODY EMOTION, TENSION, AND SIMPLICITY WITHIN A MINIMAL, PRIMITIVE CONTEXT. IMPERFECT, CHILDLIKE GESTURES AND MOVEMENT.