"Young Life" Bo Bartlett

-3 claims about this painting
1) The little boy in the painting is neglected.
-- The way Bartlett placed the boy with his back turned and a solemn expression on his face away from his very close parents symbolizes that they may not pay much attention to their child but more to each other.

2) The man likes to hunt.
-- The rifle in his hand, the dead deer on top of the truck, and the attire the man is wearing shows his love for hunting.

3) The man and woman are not married.
The woman is not wearing a wedding ring on her left hand.

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       In Bo Bartlett's painting "Young Life," the small child in the painting is neglected. Bartlett's placement of the characters prove how the little boy is ignored by his parents. The way the boy is placed far away with his back turned shows that his relationship between him and his parents is distant. Also, the way the parents are draped over each other with out looking at the child might also suggest that they care more about each other rather than their own child. The young boy is clearly neglected in the painting "Young Life" by Bo Bartlett.