Young Life by Bo Bartlett - Painting

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• Claim: The family is a country family, living in a rural area.
• Fact: Many families in the countrysife own a pickup truck or hunter their own food.

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• Claim: The painting takes place in the 80's or 90's.
• Fact: Cars from the 80's or 90's had a boxy look to them.

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• Claim: The boy is not involved or important to the other two people in the painting.
• Fact: The boy is standing separately from the man and woman.

In Young Life, a well-known piece of art by Bo Bartlett, the main focus of the painting is a youthful boy and two relaxed adults. At first glance, it seems to be just a simple family on a hutning trip. Upon further inspection, the boy appears to be separated from the man and woman. This could represent how the boy has different ambitions in his life; he does not appear to be in the same position as the older man, showing he is not going in the same direction in life as the man is. His adversion to the other man in the painting could symbolize a parting or unimportance the two people have to each other. It can be inferred that the boy is not growing up to be like the male figure or the father in the picture.