New Work / Sculptured Canvas (continued)

Presently untitled sculptured canvas by Harkrader was photographed from the camera perspective which is the top of canvas looking toward the bottom of canvas. This child of the dust is emerging from or sinking into the canvas of stone like qualities and textures. A full frontal upright photograph of the full canvas will exhibit within this blog soon.

New Sculpture In Progress / Detail Floral

Check back for the title of this small floral sculpture in progress. Harkrader's sculpture is, at times, created in parallel to the paintings on canvas. For example, the floral abstracts series may be in two dimensional canvas and 3D sculpture.

Birth of the Universe - New Work

Sculptured Canvas (New Work)

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American Art Collector - September 2010

Harkrader's new painting 'Nave Botanical' may be viewed in the September issue of  American Art Collector. The image is part of a two page ad placed by RedSky Gallery in Charlotte, NC.
Comments by the gallery owner, Kelli Scott can be seen on page 45 and images on page 71. The painting is incredibly deep with layers of lucid medium that present a 3D effect. The canvas is heavily layered with thick paint and has mixed media and mediums embedded into the canvas face that include leaf parts, Greek text, fibers and collages of various types.

'Available' "36" x 48".

'Revealed Secret'  / 20" x "16 / mixed medium

Heavy medium creates 3D effect of multiple lucid layering

Available

Crucifixion: The New Version

The comtemporary version of the Crucifixion was painted by Harkrader in the early 1990's. An oil on canvas, 48"x48", a contemporary crucifixion with added biblical language that includes the Trinity. The angelic figure with the floating-fractured arm was modeled after a regional cemetery statue that sit on a family tombstone and also sports a broken right arm (minus the floating section). The wing of the Dove (Holy Spirit) curls around the head of Christ to form a halo and the chest of the Dove terminates into the eye of God (Father). A hole in the palm of Christ is testimony to the nail (now missing), all suspended above the red square (blood of Christ). The arm of the cross was foreshortened to allow the composition language. Color capsules float around the canvas, casting shadows & glowing, creating light and depth. The circular 3D hole in the cross forms a triangle that completes the whole composition. Available!

Let it Snow!

Today it snowed...& snowed! Peace! Peaceful!

The image above is one of the three canvases sold as noted in the previous post. This black & white with red circle on a blue background canvas is also from the 'Onyx' series (Rothko on steriods). A canvas of heavy textures including coal, pumice, sand, collage, copper and paint. an electrical box located in the lower right section of the canvas opening is 3D. The box is filled with alpha-numeric characters threaded on copper wire and the box is capped with clear 1/8 acrylic plastic. Harkrader worked on an original small watercolor (historical home) that was a part of a bartering arrangement for a unique situation.

Onyx paintings sold today

Harkrader's art agent from Lancaster Pennsylvania bought three paintings today from the 'Onyx' series. These three canvases all have incredible 3D elements embedded in, on, behind and through the canvas face. One such section (detail) is seen above from the canvas titled 'Sardonyx'. The total canvas size is 40"x30". The canvas has two primary Rothko type shapes of black and white on a light blue-grey background. A calculator is embedded into thick layers of emulsion laced with coal and pumice in it's black surface. This canvas was created in 2005 while Harkrader was working at Studios on the Square and ironically the calculator is 'still working'. A total for 2000x3 was calculated to check it's accuracy. Around the perimeter of the canvas face lie an embedded figure of a nude female torso, raised alph-numberic text, other collage elements, one white shape is laced with fine copper wire and the entire canvas is deeply textural with the coal and pumice mediums. The 'Onyx' series are masculine according to some viewers. If so, this may be one of the most masculine. Adjectives may include strong, bold, black, rough, deep, textured, excavated, etc. A circle of light gray pumice-texture form a connection between the white and black Rothko shapes. Overall the work is like Rothko on steriods. Would you like one for your collection? There are others!

Floral Abstract Earth is Available

Floral Abstract Earth is complete and was photographed for the archives today. This painting is from the 'Corolla' series that follows the paintings recently sold & blogged in December and January posts. The size is 36"x48" and the medium is mixed. Three black fibers run vertically down the left and right side of the front plane. The palette colors are softer than earlier versions; earthly & less action which slows the canvas down in a restful manner. Areas around the yellow floral are extremely deep with medium giving this and the entire canvas an exceptionally 3D quality when viewed close up. The canvas has been in progress for about 6 weeks. Support my work by purchasing this canvas. For details, visit my website to leave me a message.

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