Mind into Matter: the abstract expressionism of Laura Gray

"Each piece acts as a representation of my mind at that moment," she explains. "I don't plan what to paint, instead the painting takes on an organic life of its own, turning otherwise incoherent thoughts into something tangible."

Gray paints with a range of mediums and tools, including found materials such as sticks and feathers, and allows the movement of dyes and sprays to manipulate the result of each piece. Her overarching aim is to use colour, texture and tone to evoke emotions, by focusing on the juxtaposition between light and dark.

Most strikingly, there's appearance of fluidity and depth that plays on our minds' ability to weave recognisable form and structure out of chaos, and the effects of this can be quite bewitching.