Harkrader's Urban series has been a popular series for collectors. This Urban canvas has a soft warm and cool palette with heavy textures. Movement provides a gentle action for the eye as gentle waves of architectural shapes flag in the composition. This movement and the restful areas that surround them sit atop fields of warm earth. This canvas was purchased by an architect for their private residence.

Paint My Historic Home

Harkrader recently finished painting an architectural (home) watercolor for a gentleman that made him a deal he could not refuse (if you only knew). This historic home in the East Main Street Historic District of a small New River Valley town is commonly known as the 'Junkin' House and is located in the same neighborhood Harkrader lived previous to moving to Roanoke. Due to a chain of interesting events, the watercolor was the result of the collectors request. This small 10" x 13" watercolor reminds one of some of Harkrader's early work when he rendered paintings of landscapes and street scenes of towns located around the New River Valley. The watercolor was delivered today.