Bo Bartlett (MARQUAND BOOKS)

A midcareer figurative painter with a distinctive and haunting narrative vision Bo Bartlett composes large-scale contemporary portraits and landscapes that combine the memories and impressions of his upbringing his faith his family and his friends. Presenting iconic American subjects subtly underlined with open-ended questions Bartlett implies that there is a chance for magic and wonder in everyday life. In paintings titled Old Glory Self Portrait on Wheaton Hiroshima The Good Old Days A Place by the Ocean Partisan and The Dowry he offers both a straightforward narrative and the possibility for more complex interpretations and responses. This volume is the first monograph on the artist.