Bo Bartlett "The Covenant" Limited Edition Giclée Print (9 of 250)

Famed artist Bo Bartlett's stunning work, "The Covenant" Limited Edition Giclée print (Print number 9 of 250), depicts a mystical place. The luminous sky, what appears to be a snowfield in the background, and the sere earth frame a young Red Deer Stag and a fawn that may be related to it. The fawn appears to be protected by the older male. They both look at something with innocence and a lack of fear — but could it be a hunter?

What is the significance of the three tines on each side of the Stag's antler? Could this be a Trinitarian reference? Do the three tines on each antler, indicating the Stag's relative youth, mean that this young Stag is a brother to the fawn? Is it dawn or dusk in this mysterious scene — i.e. the beginning of a day or the end? And finally, if they are not quite looking at us... what do they see that we do not?

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 36 x 47 inches (Paper size) and is framed in a classical Wooden frame with Museum backing and UV protective glass.

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 9 out of 250. It is a must have for those who love nature, tranquility, and simple yet noble beauty of the Red Deer duo.