Bill Jensen is an artist best known for his captivating paintings of spirals and undulating shapes in deep, bold colors. The shapes on his canvases are vaguely organic. The pod-shaped forms, twists and ellipses are pushed together to create a tension filled field of color and life. The natural forms and swirling brushstrokes create a magical landscape. His work also explores paint as a textural element, visible in layers scraped and piled on the surface of the canvas.

Jensens style was greatly influenced by the art of Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917). He first saw Ryders work at the Brooklyn Museum in 1971, around the time that Jensen had moved there from Minneapolis.

Jensen attended the University of Minnesota from 1964 to ...