About Ted Hartley

Theodore Ringwalt Hartley is a former US Navy fighter pilot, olympian, investment banker, actor, film producer, and current CEO of RKO Pictures. Hartley’s work continues in the rich artistic tradition that lays claim to such painters as William Merritt Chase, Fairfield Porter, Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Willem de Kooning, and many more. Using ink, charcoal, pencil, watercolor, acrylic, and gouache, Hartley unleashes marks and touches of glowing color into receptacles of his own making. Ted Hartley was born in Omaha, Nebraska. At fourteen, he entered a writing contest sponsored by Warner Brothers with a short essay titled “Why I Want to Fly.”  He won flying lessons and was airborne almost immediately. Like the rest of his life, once Hartley set his sights on a goal, he would not rest until he achieved or mastered it. Following suit, he began to paint. Hartley lives and works in New York City and his studio in East Hampton, NY.