Exhibition
19 April – 24 May 2013
paintings by
Bud Hensgen
Bud Hensgen’s 2011 tour of Palestine culminated in a series of 14 paintings that reflect his impressions on the injustice he found there. The individual paintings stand on their own graphically, but can also be viewed in the context of paired quotations from a variety of sources sources, such as news stories from the U.S. and abroad, political propaganda, memoirs, journals, human rights documents, and his own thoughts. Hensgen’s training in religion and diplomacy (he studied nine years to be a Jesuit priest before joining the U.S. Foreign Service for 23 years) inform his life and artwork. He is a member of Studio Gallery in Washington, DC, The Art League in Alexandria, Virginia, the Arlington Artists Alliance in Arlington, Virginia, and the Northern Virginia Art Center in Crystal City, Virginia.
See Bud’s comments from the Opening Reception:
Meet the Artist
-Bud Hensgen
Bud is a member of Studio Gallery in Washington, DC, The Art League in Alexandria, Virginia, the Arlington Artists Alliance in Arlington, Virginia, and the Northern Virginia Art Center in Crystal City, Virginia. For twenty-five years he was a U.S. Foreign Service Officer who served as press attaché in embassies and consulates in Colombia, Panama, the United Kingdom and Germany.