William Bensen Oil Paintings
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Currently I am preparing for a one-man art show with a theme of
"Pathways and Passages."   Subjects for this series of paintings will
range from plazas in New Mexico to the villages of southern France.

Recently I completed a series of paintings on California missions.  I
have always been intrigued by the history of each of the 21 California
missions.  I have studied on-location from San Rafael Arcangel to San
Juan Bautista to San Juan Capistrano and many of the other 21
missions.  I have spent hours capturing the architecture (the archways,
towers, crosses, adobe walls, fountains) plus the floral environ that
represent the history of these missions.