"Laughing II" is a gestural abstract painting by British artist Maggi Hambling, created in the 1980s as part of her series exploring emotional expression through energetic brushwork and vivid color. The work exemplifies Hambling's expressionist approach, using loose, spontaneous mark making and bold chromatic contrasts to convey the physical and psychological intensity of laughter. The painting's title directly engages with the challenge of translating an ephemeral human emotion into visual form through pure abstraction rather than figuration.