Compositions Composition

The composition above has a very granular and textured surface that is embedded with sand, pumice, glass, plastic and fibers. 'Composition' from the Lyric series has very lyrical language. The shapes with fibers are instrument like, musical, an invitation to perform a stringed instrument. Antique sheet music and Greek text collage is embedded in addition to a 3 dimensional element of a black and white gently curved earpiece from a set of eyeglasses that compliment the flow. Other shapes within the composition mimic the bodies of instruments, a cross or crossroads, all surrounded by a heavily textured warm background of gray. 36x48 inches.

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!

In Other Words...

In other words, there exist within this series, another 'Word', a canvas that has little to say and says it well. But that happens to be the point in the case. When there is less action and language within the composition, there will be more room to rest. This Harkrader canvas has a great deal of room to rest ones soul, thoughts, and eye. The top of the canvas has an aqua like window of color and composition in which one may look into or out of, as the case may be. Below this composition lies lots of room to rest within the neutral landscape which is intersected by two lazy horizontal fibers that may convey a horizon. Floating above the fiber resides this fossil-like shape in earthy color and an aqua-earth composition intersecting the fibers to the right. (24x30) Available