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Paul Fosaaen
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Artist, painter, and recipient of the prestigious “World’s Greatest Artist” award

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A three-dimensional abstract painting made with acrylic and fabric on canvas. Ripples of fabric billow across the composition. The high ridges of the fabric are painted in sections of stark whites, rich browns, and vivid blue-greys. The low recesses of the fabric are painted in sunny yellows, citrusy oranges, and vibrant magentas. Detail shot of the painting. See first image for alt text. Detail shot of the painting. See first image for alt text. Detail shot of the painting. See first image for alt text.
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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“Epithelial Mass”
Acrylic and fabric on canvas
12.5 x 20”
10/9/25
A three-dimensional abstract painting made with acrylic and fabric on canvas. Ripples of fabric billow across the composition. The high ridges of the fabric are painted in sections of stark whites, rich browns, and vivid blue-greys. The low recesses of the fabric are painted in sunny yellows, citrusy oranges, and vibrant magentas.
October 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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“Still Life with Blue-Violet Flowers”
Watercolor on paper
5 x 7.5”
10/1/25
A still life painting in watercolor. Two purple flowers with orange centers stand in a blue vase with a floral pattern in front of a framed painting. The flowers are round in shape with many petals. Their stems are long and their leaves are thin and elongated. The painting in the background is a reproduction of the 1934 painting “Mourning” by Paul Klee. The wall the painting is on is a bright yellow-green with darker green polka dots.
October 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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I added some video footage of my paintings on my website! You can check it out here:

www.paulfosaaen.com/portfolio/dimensional
October 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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“Aposematic Form II”
Acrylic and paper on canvas
10 x 10”
3/5/24
A three-dimensional abstract painting made with acrylic and paper on canvas. A large hot pink form bends up and across the composition in an arc from the bottom left to the top right. The form has multiple facets outlined in a sunny yellow. Repeated white lines run across the surface of each facet. Tucked between the bottom right and top right side of the yellow form is an emerald green form. It extends out and down like a peninsula. Each facet is outlined in a soft mint green. Long oval white marks dot each facet. Weaving in and out of the middle of the green form is a rich blue form that spiders out in places. It extends underneath the yellow form and pokes out on the middle left. It also creeps out in the top left and top right of the yellow form. Its facets are outlined in a vibrant blue and dotted with white circles.
September 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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I also got second place in the Judge’s Choice Award!
LOOK CLOSELY: ARTWORK MADE ON A SMALL-SCALE JUDGE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNERS 1ST PLACE “Denial won't absolve you” Kordula Coleman 5.25" x 3.5" x 1.75" Raku-fired earthenware with foam netting 2ND PLACE “Aposematic Form lI” (3/5/24) Paul Fosaaen 10" x 10" x 2.5" Acrylic and paper on canvas 3RD PLACE Reflection Jerry Jorgenrud 3.5" x 5.5" Pastel
September 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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I’ll have two paintings in this showing coming up next month. If you’re in the Twin Cities or visiting, you should check it out!
Poster text: LOOK CLOSELY: ART MADE ON A SMALL-SCALE Jan Johansen Gallery at Rumriver Art Center 2665 4th Ave. Suite #103, Anoka Opening Reception: Saturday, October 14th 2 pm to 4 pm OCTOBER 14TH - NOVEMBER 8TH More Information: www.rumriverart.com 763-323-8830 info@rumriverart.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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“Variegated Softenings”
Acrylic, paper, and fabric on canvas
10 x 20”
4/6/21
An abstract painting made with acrylic, paper, and fabric on canvas. Folds of fabric contort and crease across the composition. The left third of the composition is a rich brown and angles down toward the bottom middle of the painting. The middle third is an earthy orange. The top has a large horizontal fold that casts a dramatic shadow. The right third is a sap green. It cuts in to the left and slopes down toward the middle orange section. The creases of the green section and colored in a darker, muted green. The far right of the green section is a rich brown vertical band.
September 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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“Vessel”
Watercolor on paper
4.5 x 7.5”
7/22/25
An abstract painting made with watercolor on paper. A biomorphic form with multiple appendages floats on a white background with radiating green polka dots. The center of the biomorphic form is a vibrant blue oval with white lines pointing up and to the left of the composition. It has a green oval core to it with a transparent copy of itself to its right. The blue oval has three rows of oar-like shapes jutting out of its sides on both the left and the right. They are covered in white polka dots. The green reflection of the core connects to an inverted red arc which supports an orange potato-shaped blob with gridded red lines and white polka dots. Connected to the bottom left of the blue oval is a smaller violet oval with a reddish violet inner core. The outer rim is dotted in white spots. The bottom right of the blue oval dangles a yellow rounded rectangle running perpendicular to the blue oval. It is outlined in orange and arced white lines run inside it. Three orange appendages jut out from its bottom with light green circles inside. A small purple triangle balances a floating inverted red arc at the bottom of the composition.
August 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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“Solstice”
Watercolor on paper
8.5 x 11.5”
8/12/25
An abstract painting in watercolor on paper. A biomorphic form reminiscent of a slug sits on a muted red-violet background with white polka dots which increase in size the further out they go. The form is made up of a muted olive green ocarina shape with a gridded pattern in dark green. A rich blue, arced flourish with thorns on its top left side sits on top of the green shape. Bold red gestural strokes accent the top of the blue flourish and the bottom left and right sides of the green form. A vibrant yellow, sun-like shape sits on top of the intersection of the blue flourish and the green form. A beige rounded rectangle hides behind the top left side of the green form. Hints of red bleed through the beige.
August 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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“Improvisation”
Watercolor on paper
8.5 x 11.5”
8/6/25
An abstract painting in watercolor on paper. A light blue pear-shaped form sits at the center of the composition. Red lines mark the bottom and the top of the form. Superimposed over the blue form is a gestural purple flourish. It swoops upward, down, then up again, and finally dashes off to the right. Flanking the blue form are two yellow forms with three finger-like appendages on the top and the bottom of them. Pointed oval forms in magenta hide behind the yellow forms. Long strands of vivid green shoot out from the top and bottom of the yellow forms. Black forms with white highlights accent the overall composition. Three vertical ones connect to the top of the left yellow form. An irregular rectangle sits near the bottom of the same yellow form. An arched bridge sits at the top of the blue form. An arc floats below and to the left. A spiral juts between the blue and rightmost yellow forms pointing down and to the right. An open circle with a dash emerges from the top right of the yellow form pointing down on the right.
August 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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“Prairie Sunrise”
Watercolor on paper
8.5 x 11.5”
7/22/25
An abstract landscape made with watercolor on paper. A field of sunny yellow stretches across a dark indigo background. Superimposed over the yellow field, expressive strokes of hot pink splash in an upward arc. A trail of green, earthy yellow, and magenta sit beneath the yellow field with a thin sliver of the indigo background between the two. The earthy yellow splinters off at the bottom right, forming the semblance of roots. A bold red circle highlights this growth. Over the indigo expanse between the yellow field and the green trail on the left side sits a series of intersecting dark blue lines. A brighter blue fills out the bottom of the background beneath the green trail.
July 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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“Photophore”
Acrylic on paper
5 x 7.5”
7/6/25
An abstract painting made with acrylic on paper. A biomorphic field of vivid green spotted with white dots spreads across the composition. Within the green field are pockets of magenta marked with blue lines. Orange shadows hug the extremities of the green form with pockets of yellow tucked behind the orange.
July 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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“Plateaus at Sunset”
Watercolor on paper
8.5 x 11.5”
6/22/25
An abstract landscape depicting a series of plateaus with a field and river in front of it. The plateaus are a rusty orange with bold red accents at the top on the tallest formations. An earth brown wash covers the smaller ones. The field is a muted violet and small leafy plants dot the area. The sky is a rich indigo and a violet halo with hints of pink wrap around the entirety of the plateaus.
July 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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“Aposematic Form III”
Acrylic and paper on canvas
12 x 16”
6/16/25
An abstract painting made with acrylic and paper on canvas. Three forms in red, blue, and green intertwine on a bright yellow background. The red form is covered in orange, repeated lines. The blue form is covered in lighter blue dashes. The green form is covered in lighter green dots. A detail showing the bottom left side where the blue and red forms intersect. A detail of the top right showing the topmost part of the red form and rightmost part of the green form.
June 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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“Nocturne with Yellow Flowers”
Watercolor on paper
8.5 x 11.5”
4/15/25
A still life painting in watercolor. A vibrant green vase with yellow circular flowers sits on top of a yellow checkered table in a dimly lit room. There are five flowers blooming with red lines running across the petals. They bloom out in different directions and fill out the upper middle of the composition. Below the flowers are two pointed oval green leaves. They point toward the viewer and away toward the wall. The back wall is a dark crimson and the wall to the right is a bluish purple. There is a window on that wall that opens out to a seascape with small green islands in the distance. The sea is a murky blue-green and the sky is a darker blue.
June 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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“Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake”, 1648
Oil on canvas
47 x 78.2”
Nicolas Poussin (1594 - 1665)
A landscape painting by French painter Nicolas Poussin. A rocky trail cuts across the middle foreground of the composition, bookended by billowing trees on both sides. Before the trail is a lake or riverbed. Slumped over a rock is a rotting body with a large black snake wrapped around him. To the right a man in blue runs, one arm outstretched, toward a woman in the center of the composition. She kneels and throws her hands out in fright. Behind them is a river leading back to a city situated at the foothills of mountains. To the left of the city sits an estate atop a hill blanketed in trees. The sky is sunny and flooded with clouds.
June 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The framed painting on the left is an interpretation of the 1922 painting “Twittering Machine” by Paul Klee.

Watercolor and ink; oil transfer on paper with gouache and ink on border, 25.1 in × 18.9”, 1922
Text from Wikipedia: The picture depicts a group of birds, largely line drawings; all save the first are shackled on a wire or, according to The Washington Post, a "sine-wave branch"[2] over a blue and purple background which the MoMA equates with the "misty cool blue of night giving way to the pink flow of dawn".[3][failed verification] Each of the birds is open-beaked, with a jagged or rounded shape emerging from its mouth, widely interpreted as its protruding tongue.[4] The end of the perch dips into a crank.
May 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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“Yellow Daffodil with Orange Vase”
Watercolor on paper
8.5 x 11.5”
5/19/25
A still life in watercolor on paper. A yellow daffodil sits in an orange vase with a red botanical pattern. The vase sits on a leaf green table toward the center on the composition. A violet bowl sits on the table to the right of the vase. In front of the vase is a kitchen knife covered in shadows. To the left of the table is a painting with a pinkish orange background featuring an abstract bird rendered in simple lines. Behind the table is a soft blue wall with an arched window. Through the window is a foggy landscape with rolling hills surrounding a fjord.
May 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Opening night for “Mindfully Bright” at ArtReach St Croix in Stillwater. On view until 6/28.
A photo of me standing next to three of my three dimensional paintings. I’m wearing a blue and green plaid shirt and I’m holding a glass of water. My three dimensional paintings are magenta, blue, and yellow from left to right. My hot pink three dimensional painting with blue and yellow forms on the left and an abstract floral painting by Brian Nagel with pink, blue, and yellow flowers on a beige background. My red three dimensional painting with yellow, blue, and green forms.
May 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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“Mountain with Red Sunrise”
Watercolor on paper
8.5 x 12.5”
5/5/25
An abstract watercolor painting done in an expressionistic style. A band of yellow splashes across the center of the composition forming an oval shape with a horizontal band of bluish green below it and an inverted triangle in yellowish green underneath. A rounded red blob sits to the left of the top of the yellow flourish and two magenta brush strokes straddle the sides. A field of indigo sits at the bottom turning up at the edges like a parting sea.
May 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Some paintings I have in a show right now
One of my three dimensional abstract paintings and someone’s painting of robots above it. A group of four works of art. On the far left is a drawing or print of two women. In the center at the top is a painting of a pinup girl. Below that is one of the 3D paintings. To the right is a block print of a Pizza Hut sign.
May 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Art in Bloom at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and one of my favorite paintings by Charles Biederman.

“Red Wing”, 1956 - 68
Painted metal
32 x 45 x 5 1/2”
Charles Biederman (1906 - 2004)
A floral arrangement with yellow, red, and blue flowers inspired by “Red Wing” by Charles Biederman. “Red Wing” by Charles Biederman. A yellow horizontal rectangle sits flush against a white rectangle. Two vibrant blue squares hover over the yellow rectangle toward the top center. Below the red squares is a bold red square. Running parallel with the length of the yellow rectangle on the top are small bluish green lines and below are yellowish orange lines. A dark blue horizontal line runs through about the center on the left and to the right a rich red line. Above the red line is a green line occupying the top right corner of the yellow rectangle. Another green line runs perpendicular to the first sitting slightly off center to the left. It is rhythmically arranged with other vertical lines forming a bell curve at the top and the bottom. All of the lines extend beyond the yellow rectangle. They are yellow, light blue, green, yellow again, red, light blue again, and finally yellow for the far right line.
April 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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“Aposematic Form II”
Acrylic and paper on canvas
5 x 7”
4/14/25
A three dimensional abstract painting made with acrylic and paper on canvas. A large red biomorphic form fills the majority of the center of the composition with an upward movement. A yellow form intersects the top left side of the red form and another yellow piece flanks the bottom left. A small blue form juts out toward the bottom of the red form. Repeated pink lines cover the red form and blue and green dots cover the blue and yellow forms respectively. A detail shot of the red form seen at an angle from the left side. A detail shot of the red form seen at an angle from the right side.
April 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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“Mountain and Valley”
Watercolor on paper
8.5 x 11.5”
3/31/25
A landscape painting of a mountain in watercolor. A triangular mountain occupies the middle of the composition. Rich magentas, vibrant greens, and earthy yellows compose the mountain. A vast field of green spans beneath the mountain dotted in subdued violets. Hills in yellow, green, orange, and magenta creep up in the foreground, implying a valley.
April 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM