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G. "Buddy" Swenson


Contact Information

127 Fletcher Street
Kennebunk Maine 04043
(207) 985~4203

Gallery or Studio Link Here

E~Mail: swensonswenson@hotmail.com

Artist Biography

Gerald "Buddy" Swenson is a native of Connecticut.  He graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1969 and then spent a year painting in Mexico.  He received an MFA in 1970 (Inst Allende).  Swenson moved to Aroostook County, Maine, in 1972 and then to Kennebunk, Maine, in 1983, where he lives today.  Swenson's early paintings were abstract expressionist, and he went on to include landscape, realism, and social and political concerns in his varied body of work.  In the early 90's, Swenson produced a series of Art Furniture pieces (The Shrines) that were exhibited and sold at the Stein Gallery in Portland, Maine.  He has been a member of and exhibited with The Union of Maine Visual Artists since the early 70's.

On-going & 2006 Exhibitions

Feb 27 ~ March 17: Religion and Politics / Church and State @ Ethel H. Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME

PRESS RELEASE           PORTRAITS in a TIME of WAR  [American Flag Collages] 2007 G.Bud Swenson     Nov. 2-29  Kennebunk Free Library  112 Maine St.  Kennebunk Me.   reception   tu.  nov. 6    5:30- 7:30 p.m.
The following statement was written by Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
Statement on Portraits in a Time of War (American Flag Collages)
During the time of war artists often document the enormous emotions that they feel and witness among others in society.  The flag is unfurled by a government that historically has lied to drag the nation into war - from Vietnam to Iraq.  Some cheer when they see the flag flying while others have deep feelings of fear and anxiety as they witness the destruction of lives on all sides of the battlefield. Artists sometimes get frozen inside these emotions and need to release the tensions that engulf them like a fog.  Some create pictures, some write poems, others sing songs to help give wider expression to these feelings that are tearing the nation apart but in many ways are also hidden from plain sight. Our nation's history is a series of moments of conflict, recorded in time by courageous artists, and today a malaise has enveloped our culture fueled by half-truths, deception and lies. How can people believe in democracy again?  What does the flag stand for today?  Can America survive when 70% of the people want the war to end but both parties ignore their longing for peace? The artist raises these questions and many more.  Without reflection and healthy debate a nation cannot claim to be a true democracy. 


The artwork on this site is protected under United States and International copyright laws. 
The visitor agrees not to reproduce, publish or distribute any of the displayed material without permission from the artist.

Work in the Permanent Collection of the Davistown Museum


#45 Plow Plane
Shellacked Plaster Casting
NFS

M.A.G. Artist Guild Items for Sale


Entry for Portraits in a Time of War

Hammer ~ n.d.
Shellacked plaster ~ 9"h X 17 1/2"w {framed}
$300.00		 Eating The Enemy ~ 2001
Watercolor ~ 13"h X 14"w {framed}
$250.00

 
Thumbs Up Series #1
Ceramic ~ 4"h X 6"w X 2"d
$30.00		 Talking Heads
Ceramic ~ 4"h X 7 5/8"w X 2"d
$30.00

 
Thumbs Up Series #3
Ceramic ~ 4 1/2"h X 6 1/2"w X 2"d
$30.00		 Thumbs Up Series #4
Ceramic ~ 7 5/8"h X 7"w X 2"d
$30.00

 
Thumbs Up Series #5
Ceramic ~ 10 5/8"h X 8 1/4"w X 2 1/2"d
$48.00		 Talking Heads #2
Ceramic ~ 4 5/8"h X 8 3/8"w X 2"d
$30.00

 
Crab Table ~ 2006
Mixed media ~ 30"h X 25"d
NFS

 
Blood in the Water I ~ 2006
Paint on board ~ 16"h X 14w {framed}
$750.00		 Blood in the Water II ~ 2006
Paint on board ~ 18"h X 16"w {framed}
$850.00

M.A.G. Artist Works

*Please note: These works are for sale but held by the artist or on display at other galleries. If you are interested in them, please contact the artist or M.A.G. and we will direct you to the correct source. Thank you. M.A.G. reserves the right to withdraw work as it sells and is subject to error.
 
 

Commissioned by God (Four panel Christian door) ~ 2006
Paint and collage on wood ~ 29 3/4"w X 79 1/2"h
NFS
The artwork on this site is protected under United States and International copyright laws. 
The visitor agrees not to reproduce, publish or distribute any of the displayed material without permission from the artist.

Participating artists donate 30% of MAG on-site sales proceeds to benefit the Davistown Museum. When we sell work that is exhibitied on the MAG website but held elsewhwere, we solicit a 10% donation. If the artist or another gallery sells the artwork, no commission is solicited or requested. We hope the MAG website exposure will help sell more artwork from the artists' own studios or in galleries which show their work.