"Young Life" by Bo Barlett

Three claims that I made about this painting: 
- The boy isn't the man's first priority.
                                     I concluded this because the boy is placed farther away from the man.  
                                     The boy is distanced from those who appear to be his parents.  
- The man is proud to be a hunter. 
                                    I concluded this because the man is holding a large gun in his hand, and he's    
                                    holding it out as if showing it off. 
- Nature is a big part of who he is.
                                      I concluded this because the man is dressed in dark, nature-like, earth 
                                      colors like brown and white.


The boy isn't the man's first priority in his life. This is evident through different factors in the painting. One of the most prominent contributions to this idea is that the boy is distanced away from what appear to be his parents. The distance represents that divide between the boy and the man. In the painting, another observation one might make is that that the woman is positioned closer to the man that the boy is. This is also true for the gun that he holds in his hand and the deer that is placed directly behind where his head is. It is through these observations that one might come to the conclusion that the boy isn't the man's first priority.