Laura Roberts is a painter based in Hamilton, Ontario.

Her work centers on the relationship between surface and space. Through layered fields of colour and texture, she creates environments that appear open yet remain partially inaccessible.

Her process balances control with unpredictability. Working in oil, fluid acrylic and water-based ink, she allows materials to shift and react beyond her control. These changes are not corrected. Decisions are made about what to keep, what to remove, and what to leave visible. Each painting is finished when an equilibrium between addition and subtraction is reached.

In the Prairie Series, the horizon divides the canvas into tension and release. Although the landscape appears expansive, the space remains compressed, creating scenes that can be sensed but not fully entered. These works focus on the experience of stillness, when movement slows and the air becomes quiet.

Her Koi in Winter series shifts the viewpoint downward into water and ice. These paintings examine the surface as a threshold. Reflection, opacity and movement obscure what lies beneath, allowing only brief glimpses below.

She maintains a studio at the Cotton Factory in Hamilton, Ontario.