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Blog Some projects and thoughts

“When the ‘Here and Now’ is Nowhere”

My Chapter in the above book. For more details go to: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319522128

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An addition to the “CHILDREN OF ICARUS” project

A Futility of Heroes 24″ x 36″     oil on canvas    2017

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Third painting in the ILL WINDS series

ILL WINDS: SOUTH 78″ x 129.5″  acrylic on canvas,  2017

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First stage of “ILL WINDS: SOUTH”

This is the grisaille layer

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Creating “ILL WINDS: WEST” …the film

This is a time-lapse video project. Over the three months it took to create the painting “ILL WINDS: WEST”, I set up a camera timed to take a still photo every twenty seconds. This has been compressed and edited down to the six minutes you see at this link. https://vimeo.com/197723151  

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Summer Production

One has been completed and the next two are under way. This wraps up summer production for the ILL Winds series. The studio now reverts to a classroom for eight months.

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Gravitas on July 22, 2016

This taken from an early morning drone photo by AlexRobinsonTV on July 22,2016

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Ill Winds: West

ILL Winds: West      2016 92″ x 116″ Acrylic on Canvas

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Sunflier number 9

Sunflier Fairing IX 2016   oil on panel    10″ x 8″

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An article by David O’Malley at Vintage Wings

“Gravitas”  is one of the land art installations in this article.  

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I Recently re-read Saul Bellow’s story “What Kind of Day Did You Have?” and found this….

“Real painters, real painting, those are very rare. There are masses of educated people, and they’ll tell you that they’re all for poetry, philosophy, or painting, but they don’t know them, don’t do them, don’t really care about them, sacrifice nothing for them, and really can’t spare them the time of day – can’t read, […]

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Sunflier number 8

Sunflier Fairing VIII    10″ x 8″  oil on panel  2015

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Silver-point Drawing: “Fall”

“Fall”   2015    6″ x 4″ sterling silver on gessoed birch panel Two new drawings made with silver-point on gessoed birch panel will be exhibited at the Douglas Udell Gallery in Edmonton during the December show titled ” The Art Collector’s Starter Kit”

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Silver-point Drawing: “Fallen”

“Fallen”   2015    6″ x 4″ sterling silver on gessoed birch panel

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First large painting in the “Ill Winds” series

“Ill Winds: North”  2015   acrylic on canvas   69″ x 93″  

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Recent Work
Aftermath and Resilience
11 months ago

see also https://lochgallery.com/artist/keith-harder Mar 27, 2025Keith

Fire and Ice
11 months ago

The start of a series of paintings that consider aftermath and resilience, using images of burned forests. see also https://lochgallery.com/artist/keith-harder Fire and Ice #1—————————-Fire and Ice #2—————————–Fire and Ice #3———————- Mar 27, 2025Keith

Divergence
11 months ago

This series takes a road less traveled. It uses acrylic paint and charcoal on canvas or paper grounds that are adhered to wood panels. These are relatively small artworks. Sizes range from 10″ x 8″ to 16″ x 12″. see also https://lochgallery.com/artist/keith-harder see also https://www.keithharder.com/project/2259/ Mar 27, 2025Keith

Revised ETA
11 months ago

2023 oil on canvas 40″ x 40″ – the painting finale of the series on liminality. Mar 26, 2025Keith

The Vigil
2 years ago

2023 40″x 32″ oil on canvas Jul 22, 2023Keith

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