Jamali Studio Visit

Harkrader's gallery director, art agent and collector, Cynthia Hinkle, visits Jamali at his studio in Winter Park, Florida., 2005. Hinkle represented Jamali's and Harkrader's work at her Perspective's Gallery located in the West Lake Town Center (SML) Virginia. Jamali, who has created over 60,000 works of art describes his work as 'Mystical Expressionism". Harkrader accompanied Hinkle on the studio visit and captured this unplanned portrait of Hinkle and Jamali.
Jamali's book entitled 'Mystical Expressionism and Dreams' was written by Donald Kispit, author, critic, and professor of Art History and Philosophy and explored Jamali's works and dreams. Harkrader drew multiple ink drawing from life of Kuspit and John Cage when Kuspit was one of the professional speakers at the historic Mountain Lake Art Symposiums and Workshops led by Ray Kass.
http://jamaliartmuseum.com/ / http://raykass.com/html/artists.html

Salon Night

Harkrader gave a studio tour today to guest, German. Fibers were preset onto the unfinished-untitled abstract floral canvas now in progress.

Tonight is Salon Night, hosted by writer, artist and cultural critic - Suzi Gablik. Gablik, who has written several books, received a B.A. from Hunter College where she studied with Robert Motherwell and worked briefly at Black Mountain College in the early ‘50s. A devotee of John Cage and friends with Greenwich Village artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, Gablik moved permanently to Blacksburg, Virginia (‘Black Virgin’) in the early ‘90s.

Harkrader and those salonistas from the Roanoke Valley region have the benefit of driving to and fro Deer Run via the lovely Catawba and Ellett Valley. Salonistas’ respectfully tackle hot-topic issues like war, religion, environment, politics, movies, art, life, peace, future, history, etc. Open-minded discussion and debate come to life from participating writers, artists, educators, students, philosophizers, psychologists, scientist, collectors, curators, and guests. A one hour social of drink and potluck precede the two hour dialogue and deliberation.