Bo Bartlett was born on December 29,1955 and is an American realist painter, working in Columbus, Georgia and Wheaton Island, Maine.
17 Facts About Bo Bartlett
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Bo Bartlett was born James William Bartlett III on December 29,1955, in Columbus, Georgia.
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Bo Bartlett's father was a woodworker and furniture designer, and his mother was a medical librarian.
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In 2004, Bo Bartlett traveled around the world before moving to Seattle, Washington, in 2005.
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Bo Bartlett studied at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and then the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
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Bo Bartlett received a Certificate of Fine Art from PAFA in 1980.
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Bo Bartlett then went on to study liberal arts at the University of Pennsylvania from 1980 to 1981.
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In 1986, Bo Bartlett received a Certificate in Filmmaking from New York University.
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Bo Bartlett's paintings are inspired by American Realism as defined by artists such as Thomas Eakins, Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, Norman Rockwell, and Andrew Wyeth.
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Bo Bartlett often creates scenes that are highly improbable, but not entirely impossible.
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Bo Bartlett went on to co-direct SEE: An Art Road Trip with Betsy Eby.
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Bo Bartlett directed HELGA, a documentary short about Andrew Wyeth's muse and model, and Things Don't Stay Fixed.
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Bo Bartlett co-wrote the screenplay for Things Don't Stay Fixed with playwright Sandra Deer in the 1980s, as Bartlett received a Certificate in Filmmaking from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
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The Bo Bartlett Center opened in January 2018, as part of the Corn Center for Visual Arts at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia.
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In 1986 Bo Bartlett spent time in Maine, where he befriended the Wyeths.
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In 1998 Bo Bartlett purchased Wheaton Island, Maine, where he now lives and works every summer.
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Bo Bartlett married artist Betsy Eby on Wheaton Island in 2007.