Original Wood Assemblage - 'Stochastic Process' - Diptych (Two Panels)

Laird Campbell is a British Columbia–based artist whose practice centres on the transformation of found and aged wood into richly layered abstract compositions. Working from his studio in the Cowichan Valley on the east coast of Vancouver Island, Campbell approaches each piece intuitively — piecing, fitting, and assembling fragments of wood the way a writer might scribble and revise, allowing form and meaning to emerge through the process itself. His work is deeply rooted in the landscape and Indigenous artistic traditions of the Pacific Northwest, seeking, in his own words, "to conjure something retinal and cerebral to appear alongside the spiritual representation that is the art indigenous to this area."

'Stochastic Process' takes its name from the mathematical concept of structured randomness — the idea that meaningful patterns can arise from chance. In this diptych, Campbell surrenders to the unpredictability of his materials, letting the grain, texture, and geometry of each wood fragment guide the composition rather than imposing a predetermined design. The result is a work that rewards sustained looking: the longer you sit with it, the more order — and mystery — reveals itself.

This original work is a Wood Assemblage: an abstract composition built by hand from numerous pieces of reclaimed and found wood, each selected for its character, age, and surface quality. The two panels are individually framed and designed to be exhibited together as a unified diptych, their dialogue across the gap between them as much a part of the work as the panels themselves.

Medium: Original Wood Assemblage (reclaimed and found wood)
Format: Diptych — two individually framed panels, sold and exhibited as one work
Dimensions: Panel 1: 17.5 × 14"  |  Panel 2: 18 × 14.5"
Authenticity: One-of-a-kind original; signed by the artist

Exhibited: Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, 2025 On the Edge Exhibition