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".

Vento Floreale

Wind blown botanicals or 'Vento Floreale' 36x48. The action compositions of the 'Corolla' abstract floral series continue with the completion of the canvas above. A garden of wind blown erotica; pedals, anthers, stigma, style, ovary and eggs may be analogous to the feminine and it's complement, the masculine / or the Mars-Venus. Minimum collage and embedded fibers on the left vertical and the wandering mimicry of the floral motifs by the same gauge black fiber that meander around add a gentle action to the center composition.