Gustave Blache III (American/Louisiana, b. 1977) , "Moving Day", 2001, oil on panel, signed and dated lower left, 10 1/2 in. x 4 7/8 in., framed. Note: Born in California and raised in New Orleans, Gustave Blache III is a graduate of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and School of Visual Arts in Savannah and New York, who currently lives and works in Brooklyn. Blache combines traditional painting techniques of portraiture with journalism in a method he has coined "Visual Journalism." The method utilizes a series of paintings of one subject to reveal the story of an overlooked person, process or aspect of life. The work offered here focuses on an interior with objects in disarray - a moment in time implying the presence of an individual perhaps caught just outside the frame and whose return is imminent. The subject ties with Blache's interest in the seemingly banal aspects of people's work and living spaces and his attention to the varied and subtle ranges of color present in shadows. The result is more intuitive than journalistic, a delicate and almost reverent look into an often-unseen moment of daily life. Ref.: Blache, Gustave III. "About." Gustave Blache III. www.gustaveblache.com. Accessed July 26, 2021; Weinstein, Elizabeth Chubbuck. "A Work in Progress Paintings by Gustave Blache III." Louisiana Art and Science Museum. www.lasm.org. Mar. 11, 2017. Accessed July 26, 2021.

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