Throwback 70s & 48 Panhead

 Throwback 70s w/ Hark-Hair

1948 Harley Davidson 'Pan-head'

Customized & Purchased from James Simmons.

Using two original still photos (by Siegie),

and one original-enhanced photo of his chopper,

Harkrader used Meta A.I. to animate the

original images and edited all using FCPX

Neighbors: Now at Montgomery Museum of Art & History

 Neighbors / Oil on Canvas / 18" x 24"

Harkrader's 'Neighbors' canvas now resides

at the Montgomery Museum of Art & History

A portrait of Harkrader's dog "Brother Dog"

that he brought from Alaska and a neighbor child.

"Pandora's Box"

 

Harkrader / Pandora's Box / Found Object Assembly / In Situ

Collector: Western Europe

https://www.singulart.com/en/artist/x-harkrader-24479

"WomanX"

"WomanX"

8" x 8" available

Inglesia de La Santa Ana

Harkrader's painting, "Crucifixion Fragmenta" finds a home in
Panama at the church of Harkrader's father's baptism.

The Inglesia (Church) of Santa Ana recieves the canvas as delivered
by Harkrader and his wife, Ellen on Saturday, November 7 2015
in the historic neighborhood of Santa Ana (mother of Virgin Mary),
located in Panama City, Panama.Formalities were made and
papers were signed. Harkrader's version of the Trinity,
the crucifix, finds a new home.

 Inglesia de La Santa Ana was consecrated in 1764. The church is
located on the central plaza in the Santana neighborhood,
established in 1678. Cafe Coca-Cola, one of the oldest cafe's in the
city, is located across the plaza from the church.

Anne Ferrer & Ellen Harkrader 2013

© 2013 Harkrader

Collection: Virginia Tech

Tilted Level II

60 x 40

Mixed Media

Collection: Virginia Tech Squire Center

Indianos - Gablik - Harkrader

Artist & Writers

2014

Royal Clipper

While sailing with friends on the Royal Clipper, Harkrader

photographed it in the French West Indies in 2014.

Designed by Zygmunt Choreń, the Royal Clipper sails the
Mediterranean, the Lesser Antilles and Atlantic.

Fusion Media

SunSong Interface

Harkrader's 'Fusion Media' process is blending digital images of Harkrader's original paintings with his photography. In this case, 'SunSong', a digital images of a painting from his 'Lyrical' series is fused into an original photograph of environmental image studies. High resolution image on paper or metal available upon request.

Slide-Video Presentation

Harkrader: Opole Poland Artist Residency

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

7-8PM

Light Refreshments

South County Library
6303 Merriman Road
Roanoke, VA 24018

'Water For Flowers'... RedSky Gallery, Charlotte, NC, November 11-Dec 4

'Water For Flowers'

Exhibiting at Red Sky Gallery

Charlotte, NC

Opening Reception:

November 11, 6-8PM

'Fleur de Paris II' at RedSky Gallery in November

Harkrader's 'Fleur de Paris II'

24x30 / mixed media with fibers

Exhibiting at RedSky Gallery

November 11th - December 4th

Harkrader: Collection: Centralnego Muzeum Jencow Wojennych Opolu

"Urban Opole II"
Collection: Centralnego Muzeum Jencow Wojennych

Centralnego Muzeum Jencow Wojennych Opolu

Salon Impressionism / Photoshop Style

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Salon Impressionism' courtesy Photoshop Harkrader.

A 'gathering' of the circle, Suzi Style.

Warm, safe, inviting, filling and sharing.
One empty chair for the photographer.

Leather and Lace

Laced leather connect these two shapes together in this detail of Red Onyx III by Harkrader. Thick medium embedded with sand and pumice mixed into the white paint anchor the left lace. Inside that shape lives a small collage. Tension is created as the leather grips the black shape on the right. Living inside this black shape resides a small collage embedded in thick medium of cloth and pumice obscured in the black paint.

Shrine Group Exhibit Opening & You Are Invited

You are invited to 'Shrines and Other Things' Saturday night 8-11pm located in the industrial section of 419 Luck Ave. in Roanoke City. The group exhibit, by title alone may indicate and include others work that is reverent, irreverent, fun, bizarre, and more. Come with you mind and have it open. Above is the Harkrader installation titled 'Crucifixion Fragmenta-the installation of  found and created objects'. This arrangement includes his painting, 3D sculptures, two crucificitions, the Black Madonna, Sacrifice Soldier, all complete with an altar of votive candles, beads, books, floor cloth, communion symbolism and more. This installation is self interpretive leaving room for the viewer to cipher their own meaning from the numerous religious, spiritual and literary content. This event is made possible by Unicorn Stables Project & Tif Robinette.

Detail / Floral Object Assembly

Detail of 'Communion': Floral composition / found object assembly. This Harkrader composition consist of an open-faced cordless handset (communication) that is embellished with crystals, glass and metal, all residing on the face of the motherboard of the cordless instrument. Symbolic of communication, hence; communion, which may be interpreted as a means of contact with the supernatural, a higher being, a celebration of the body of Christ, humanity, and ourselves as we 'talk to ourselves' when no one else will listen. This composition is symbolic, elegant, feminine, urban and delicate.

Canvas Complete after 5 years!

A detailed photograph of 'Dance of Origin' / mixed media on stretched canvas with 3 dimensional elements. Brass posts are anchored to the canvas face by hidden support architecture in the rear. Not shown in this detail is a bridge, similar to that on stringed instruments, where black fibers shown above are anchored to the lower right section of canvas. The 6 fibers pass through multiple wooden pickets in their path up the canvas face. These pickets penetrate a single opening in the canvas face where the canvas were subsequently lashed back together with copper wire, closing the canvas and securing the pickets together.  The 6 fibers merge together and pass through the first, second and third brass post where they all terminate at top left canvas face. Work on this painting began in 2005, part of the 3 dimensional attachments were completed in 2006 and only recently completed in November 2010. Other detail photos to post at later date. This is the first ever stringed instrument incorporated into a painted work of art on stretched canvas.

Artview 2010

From Opole, Poland, artist Robert Suchinski will arrive in Virginia tomorrow night to reside with host family, the Harkrader's, for a couple of weeks. The city of Opole was established in 1211. Poland is located East of Berlin and North of Prague. Suchinski is one of the installation artists for Artview 2010.

http://www.artview2010.com/artists.html