Harley Bartlett is a professional artist whose forty-year career extends across genres to include landscape, seascape, sporting imagery (hunting, fishing), portraiture, murals, and numerous commercial projects. Harley was born in 1959 near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; however, having lived in Rhode Island for most of his life, he considers himself a Rhode Islander. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania (BA, 1981) and continued with studies at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Harley has broad experience in the art world and has exhibited his paintings in New England and east coast galleries for over 38 years. He has also owned a mural and decorative painting company in which he employed teams of artists to support his large-scale commercial commission projects. He continues to work with partners in the hospitality industry; he is a lead art vendor for the Darden Company’s Capital Grille Restaurant and has developed the art program for their future Capital Burger Restaurant. He also provides design services and artwork for their Eddie V’s and Seasons 52 brands. Harley has painted religious murals and decoration programs in many Rhode Island Catholic churches and his portrait of Bishop Thomas Tobin may be found at the Diocese in Providence, RI. In 2010 he won the commission to paint the official portrait of past Rhode Island governor Donald Carcieri and in 2015 won the commission to paint the official portrait of past Providence, RI mayor Buddy Cianci. In 2018 he painted the official portrait of Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and the outgoing president of The Providence Art Club, David DePetrillo. In 2019 he painted the portrait of Louis Giancola, the retiring CEO of South County Hospital. He continues to paint private and public portraits on commission.Harley is a past President of The Providence Art Club (2003-2007), one of the oldest art clubs in the United States, where he had long served on their Board of Managers and was Secretary for many years. He is a recipient of their “Art Club Medal” (2009) and is a Life Member. He is a past member of The Copley Society, the National Society of Mural Painters, and New England Plein Air Painters. In 2015 he was voted in as an elected member of The Guild of Boston Artists and is a current Board Member. He is an Elected Artist at the Lyme Art Association and is a past President. Harley is also an Artist Member at the Rockport Art Association and Museum (RAAM) and is currently serving as their President. He has been accepted as an Artist Member of The North Shore Art Association. His paintings may be found in the collections of many Rhode Island Institutions such as Rhode Island College, Bryant University, Women & Infants Hospital, Newport Hospital and Lady of Fatima, as well as the Aquidneck Land Trust, Kent County Hospital, Norman Bird Sanctuary, Rhode Island Philharmonic School, and the New England Institute of Technology. He has been commissioned to create fine art paintings for the Amica Insurance Company, the East Greenwich Yacht Club, the Warwick Country Club, and the Harvard Club, as well as countless private commissions. He and his work have been featured in many publications such as American Artist Magazine, Florida Architecture, Traditional Home Magazine, Home Gallery (R.I. and S.E. MA.) and recently, Soundings magazine. In 2018 he won the Alden Bryan Memorial Award for Landscape at the Guild of Boston Artist’s annual members show, Best of Show at The Providence Art Club’s Fall Members show, and first prize at the Bryan Memorial Gallery’s Land & Light & Water exhibit. He continues to win awards at the Rockport Art Association and Museum, the North Shore Art Association, the Lyme Art Association, and The Guild of Boston Artists.Harley is deeply committed to the legacy and craft of his field and continues to study masters of the past and present to always execute at the highest level of his discipline.