Pauliina Cross

I thought I knew, but now I know better

Name: I thought I knew, but now I know better
SKU: 362463
Price: 2200.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Acrylic, oil and oil pastels on raw linen
Framed, light-coloured pine moulding
Painting 116 x 100 cm
Framed: 118.5 x 102.5 cm
2026

2200 €

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About the work

Pauliina Cross is an abstract visual artist based in Helsinki. As well as her artistic practice, Cross works in brand management and visual design. Her work in both roles is strongly driven by a need to understand the people around her, their motivations and their feelings of togetherness or separation. Cross’s works can be found in private collections across both Europe and the USA.

By first applying layers of acrylic, followed by oil paints and oil sticks, Cross seeks to depict the inner architecture of emotions through colour, form and the interplay and blending of these elements. His works display a geological, layered rhythm and texture, created through the use of various media, as well as sand and cold wax. Cross crafts the frames for his works from light-coloured pine mouldings.

“This collection of works was created between late 2025 and early 2026. It has been my way of dealing with uncertainty, vulnerability and reliance on others at a time when my own identity as a woman, a friend, a sister, a wife and perhaps also a mother has been buffeted by stormy winds. The themes of hope, courage and loss have been very much present in my life, and they have found their way onto the canvases through colours and forms. Each finished piece is not only a journey taken but also a statement. ‘This is how I experienced it; this is where I ended up.’”

Delivery

Dimensions: 118,5 × 102,5 cm
Kotiinkuljetus: 80,97 € – 106,07 €
Nouto galleriasta: Maksuton
Noutopistetoimitus: 7,89 € – 26,23 €

Additional information

Size: Large
Style: Abstract, Colorful, Minimalist
Material: Painting

Pauliina Cross

Pauliina Cross is a Helsinki-based abstract visual artist working in Pukinmäki, Helsinki. Her practice is driven by a strong desire to understand the people around her, their motivations, and experiences of belonging and separateness. Cross’s works are held in private collections across Europe and the United States.

Her process-driven works always begin with an emotion or experience. They often explore the longing for connection and the uncertainty that arises when we encounter ourselves or one another with honesty and vulnerability, forever yearning for something. By layering acrylic paint with oils and oil sticks, Cross seeks to portray the inner architecture of emotion through colours, forms, and the ways in which they interact and blend. Her works possess a geological, layered rhythm and texture, created using various mediums as well as sand and cold wax. Cross makes the frames for her works from pale pine moulding.

“My process is a kind of dialogue with the emerging work. Layer by layer, I present my emotions to the canvas, which responds with a counterargument. The process demands radical honesty, just as I believe a true sense of belonging does. The finished work always reveals the journey behind it: its layers, its courage, and a certain uncertainty that is an essential part of all human emotion.”