Laura Wood

Laura Wood is an Ottawa-based abstract painter known for gestural compositions that explore the emotional potential of color and form. A graduate of OCAD University, she balances intuitive expression with deliberate mark-making, creating works that convey what words cannot. Her paintings emerge through a dynamic interplay of spontaneity and control, resulting in refined abstractions that evoke depth, presence, and emotional resonance.Laura Wood is an Ottawa based artist who paints with gestural strokes to create elegant abstract compositions. Her paintings are evocative and emotive as she uses paint and colour to represent, as Wood describes- “what otherwise can not be expressed with words.”

Her 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.

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 lead her to pursuing her passions and she went on to study & receive a BFA from OCAD University. She is currently represented in Ottawa ON at Koyman Galleries.