FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 1ST, 2013

"THE WORLD OF ARTHUR BLANCHARD”---For over 40 years, the 87 year old Dallas artist has captured portraits of Dallas life as seen by him on DART lines 60,19,23, and 25.

On Saturday 26 October(3-6pm), BeauxArts Gallery will host a reception displaying works by artist Arthur Blanchard ranging from nudes to colorful oils. Almost all are of people in many poses and situations, done in stark realism.

The show will include some specimens of his many hundreds of drawings and paintings of what he calls "bus people", persons with whom he has ridden on Dallas buses since l963. When asked why, he said "This is what I do. I've been drawing people I saw or imagined since I was in grade school. In the army, in college, in business meetings, in church, in doctors' offices, and when on the telephone, where I have done innumerable doodles of people.I can't explain it. I like people and I like to draw them. I try to carry a sketchbook whenever I leave the house."

In addition to the people paintings, the show will include a bright painting of the old Dallas Music Hall (across the street from Blanchard's studio), some still life drawings, and an oil of the apocryphal story of Tobit on an ammunition box.

Blanchard has had other shows, one sponsored by Mary Nye, a well known Dallas art dealer and good friend, at her home; and two shows in Paris (Texas) sponsored by Tallie Bush, one of Texas' best known landscape artists, who, Blanchard says, "was the first person who encouraged me to take my work seriously."Tallie has been my muse to me, I suppose", he says. This is Blanchard's first show in a proper gallery.

He is philosophical about being "discovered" so late in life. He is grateful to Bob Schutze, the proprietor of BeauxArts. Blanchard tells the following tale from his days taking classes at SMU. "John Alexander is an SMU graduate in "studio art" who painted in New York and "made good". Asked at a student meeting at SMU why he became a painter, John said that he wanted to be rich and famous and have lots of girls after him." Blanchard adds laconically, "I reckon these goals have passed me by, but I thank Bob for doing the best he can for my limited future. When I tell this story, my wife laughs."

BEAUX ARTS GALLERY is located at 1505 Hi Line Drive , Dallas, TX 75207 and can be reached at info@beauxartsart.com as well as by phone at 214-741-5555. Founded by Bob Schutze in 1988, BEAUX ARTS provides art and advisory services to individuals and corporations throughout the United States.