Red is Hot! Black is Urban!

This hot red urban action floral is one of Harkrader's latest. Filled with collage of black and white alpha-numeric text, currency from Eastern Europe, clock face language, wallpaper and raised text with faux gold leaf, it is urban. The language is romantic. Love, valentine, touch, voice and other sensory language and pics; combined with the colors of red, black, gray, ochre, green, etc. fill the canvas with urban love language.

Power of Color

The colors red and black are both associated with power. Red has additional meaning such as passion, energy, war and is emotionally intense. Black can be negative in meaning but also is formal and elegant. This painting from Harkrader's 'Winged Essence' series is crisp and clear against the unsized white cotton background of drapery material. The process is totally unforgiving. You only get one chance to find your compositon and other visual language before you abandon the temptation or mistake of continuing. It is over. Let it be.

"Zippered Landscape"

"Zippered Landscape"

48" x 36" x 4"

Oil on canvas with zippered openings dissected into the canvas face.

Another painting exists behind the main surface.

Available - Red II & III

Diptych (40" x 60") . Red II and Red III.
This red canvas diptych is from the 'Urban' series. Architetural elements symbolize windows, doors, building footprints, aerial views and also include raised alpha-numeric test which are burnished with a faux gold leaf and antique Greek text from an 1800's book of Greek law. Text includes the new version, rouge trios, edge and other symbolic shapes and text.
The 'Urban' series is one of Harkrader's ongoing seemingly never ending series that he has been working on since 2003. The Urban series include over 30 canvases, most of which have been sold, but the series continues and new ones evolve.
Available-price on request. More Urban images available upon request or site-specific commissions are an option.