Lauren Coulson layers acrylics, inks and dyes on canvas, fusing the mediums to create eye-catching, active imagery. She “assists with the aftermath” of mixing these mediums, molding the paint to obtain “the desired balance of chance and control.”

The cosmos and natural phenomena play prominent roles in her work.

“I am fascinated with everything—from the macro to the micro—and love to cross-pollinate worlds that are at once violent and destructive yet delicate and beautiful,” she says.

Coulson received her master’s degree in fine arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University and has exhibited her works throughout Boston, Los Angeles, New York and her home state of Tennessee.