Fashion Textures

Fashion Texture: An interesting look (detail) at surface textures

on my canvas as sun streams in the window at right-angle

onto one of the "Fashion Landscape" paintings.

"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.

In Memory: Panama Family

Grandmother: Petronila

Grandfather: Robert, Sr.

Father: Robert, Jr. (Carlos)

"Crucifixion" looking for a (Church?) Home.

"Crucifixion"
--Available & For Sale--

48" x48"

Oil on Canvas

Many artist through the ages have painted the crucifix.

This is Harkrader's.

A contemporay composition of the Trinity.
From Latin cruci fixus meaning...(one) fixed to a cross. Source = Wikipedia

"X Word V & VI" Available

"X Word V & VI" 

 Horizontal Diptych:

12" x 57" or 12" x 48"

Mixed media on canvas.

Collage, fibers, and copper.

Vertical Diptych

57" x 12"

or 

48" x 12" (without top 9x12 canvas)

SOLD: "Zippered Landscape II"

SOLD: "Zippered Landscape II"

48" x 36" x 4"

Oil on canvas with zippers.

Heavily textured impressionistic painting with palette knife.

Within the cavities of the surface canvas live one

mirror in the top opening and another landscape painting

living below the surface of the bottom opening.

Thanks to 'Present Thyme' in Roanoke, VA.

SOLD: "Crossroads II"

Sold: "Crossroads II"

72" x 48" x 4"

Oil on Canvas

Collection SDRAM

SOLD: "Triad III"

Sold: "Triad III"

14" x 30" (Triptych)

Water color medium on paper with mixed media.

Thanks to Little Gallery at SML

SOLD: Urban Kingdom of Peace

"Urban Kingdom of Peace"

48" x 36"

Mixed media with metal, collage, butterfly

specimen, glass beads, and fiber.

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Purple & Orange

Photography by Harkrader

©

Heavenly

Heavenly Sky Country

The clouds were some of the most beautiful ever

this day in Floyd, Virginia.

Breathe...

Lotus Temple

In May, a retreat to the Lotus Temple in Yogaville, Virginia.

Healing for the body and soul through meditation and yoga.

Breathe....

1947 Desert Teardrop

Harkrader's 1947 Desert Teardrop.

A rare and historic camper-sleeper, featuring airbrushed art
by Harkrader. In Harkrader's care since he
purchased it in Anchorage, Alaska in1975.
Travels included Key West, Manhattan, Philadelphia,
Bar Harbor,  Roanoke, Missoula, St. Louis, Seattle, Vancouver
and beyond.

Sold in 2015 to a collector in Tennessee.

Ghezzi & Harkrader at FACNRV

Ghezzi (keynote) and Harkrader (guest) speakers
for the Scholastic Art Awards 2014

Sponsored by FACNRV, Southwest Virginia's Regional Sponsor
for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards through the

National Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.

SOLD: Executive Fruit

"Executive Fruit"

Sold from Harkrader's Virginia Tech Exhibition 'Evolution'.

Small, mixed media-medium, hanging wall sculpture with

silver, porcelain, steel, solder, glass, aluminum, canvas, wood, copper and paint.

SOLD

SOLD

From Harkrader's Virginia Tech

exhibition at the Holtzman Alumni Center Gallery

This painting from the 'Action' series. 

60"x48" Mixed media.