They say an artist's mind will see beauty in the strangest of places. Photographer Mark Mawson claims he saw it when pouring milk into his coffee - the inspiration behind these beautiful images of paint dropped into water.
The 43-year-old Londoner created 'Aqueous Fluoreau' - his third set of photos utilising a secret method involving paint and water - while staying in the south of France last month.
Mawson told the Telegraph: "I get most satisfaction from seeing people enjoying my work. Most people love it but it evokes different feelings in different people. Each person sees different things in the images - much like seeing faces or patterns in the clouds in the sky.
"There will be a new Aqueous series in 2012, based on the same technique but it will be on a totally different theme. Although I have been taking pictures since I was eight years old, I first experimented with this technique six years ago.
"I love the results - they make me smile."