Bo Bartlett "North Country" Limited Edition Giclée Print (14 / 250)

Famed artist Bo Bartlett's rich and colorful "North Country" Limited Edition giclée print (Print number 14 of 250) captures the beauty of a magnificent Bay horse and the young woman who loves it . The penetrating colors emerge as one examines the print. As with many of Bartlett's works, the work is captivating and draws the eye in to notice that things are not as simple as first thought. Has the steed just won a competition? Why is it decked out with a headdress? What do the strange plumes of smoke in the distance signify, and why would the horse be so formally dressed if this is just a jaunt along the ocean shore?

Many observers compare Bartlett's sensibilities to artists like Andrew Wyeth and see him as a successor to a unique American Realist style. His use of intense colors and masterful use of light evoke a nearly mystical feeling, reminiscent of Edward Hopper as well as American Luminist painters of the 19th Century .

Luminism is an American landscape painting style of the 1850s to 1870s, characterized by effects of light in landscape, through the use of aerial perspective and the concealment of visible brushstrokes. Luminist landscapes emphasize tranquility, and often depict calm, reflective water and a soft, hazy sky. All of these elements are present in this beautiful print.

According to Tom Butler, describing Bo Bartlett in his book , Bo Bartlett, Heartland:

"Bo Bartlett is an American realist with a modernist vision. His paintings are well within the tradition of American realism as defined by artists such as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth. Like these artists, Bartlett looks at America’s heart—its land and its people—and describes the beauty he finds in everyday life. His paintings celebrate the underlying epic nature of the commonplace and the personal significance of the extraordinary.

Bartlett was educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where realist principles must be grasped before modernist ventures are encouraged. He pushes the boundaries of the realist tradition with his multilayered imagery. Life, death, passage, memory, and confrontation coexist easily in his world. Family and friends are the cast of characters that appear in his dreamlike narrative works. Although the scenes are set around his childhood home in Georgia or his island summer home in Maine, they represent a deeper, mythical concept of the archetypal, universal home."

This special work measures approximately 28 x 32 inches and is framed in a classical Wooden frame with Museum backing and UV protective glass. The image size itself is 22 x 26 inches.

Bartlett is among America's most important realist artists and his works are found in galleries, private collections and museums around the world. This is a Limited Edition Giclée print, numbered 14 out of 250. It is a must have for those who love nature, tranquility, and a reminder of the interplay of sea, land and air to our life forms.