Laura Wood

BIO

Canadian artist Laura Wood paints with gestural strokes to create elegant abstract compositions. Originally from Aurora, it was clear from a young age she had a rich interior life & art gave her a place to fully express all aspects of her internal experience. Her families encouragement led her to pursuing her passions and she went on to study & receive a BFA from OCAD University. 

Wood's process is intuitive as she is guided by the paint & chance happenings with colour mixing and form. Intentionality happens as she takes pause between strokes. This dance back and forth between pure expression and thoughtful mark making is how her works are created. Her paintings are also evocative and emotive as she uses paint and colour to represent, as Wood describes- “what otherwise can not be expressed with words.”