For me, abstraction is a way to stay close to what is
wild and wordless.
I make abstract paintings rooted in instinct, emotion, and the natural world. My work is shaped by movement, sensation, and a deep trust in intuitive process rather than planned imagery.
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Each painting begins as a physical act — colour laid down in response to breath, gesture, and feeling. I work with the idea that making art can be a form of ritual: a way to listen, to mark change, and to remember our place within the living world.
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My paintings are not meant to represent nature, but to echo it — in their unpredictability, their density, and their quiet force. They are made as reminders that the wild is not something outside of us, but something we carry in the body.​​
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Haley Haberfield is a mixed media abstract artist based in the UK. Her practice explores painting as an embodied and intuitive process, informed by the natural world and by experiences of personal and emotional transformation. Working with colour, texture, and gesture, she creates layered compositions that emerge through movement and sustained attention to materials rather than pre-planned imagery.
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Born and raised in South East London, Haberfield has spent nearly seventeen years working in secondary education alongside her studio practice. This dual role as artist and teacher shapes her interest in creativity as a site of courage, resilience, and self-trust. Drawing on earth-based spirituality and somatic awareness, she approaches painting as a form of quiet ritual — a way of responding to change and uncertainty through physical engagement with paint and surface.
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Her work is concerned with the relationship between inner experience and the living world, creating abstract forms that echo natural processes of growth, erosion, and renewal. Through this approach, Haberfield positions abstraction not as representation, but as a space for reflection, grounding, and presence.
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She lives and works in London with her family.
