“Harkness is original in a highly influenced, quirky way… Her paintings are dark, compact, and look like they take a long time to paint…Harkness’s oils are also so intricate you have to put your face right up to their surfaces to see anything. But that’s part of what’s so delightful about them. The eye wanders over these shady pictures within pictures. Every figure is an individual, a modern hieroglyph; you feel the shimmer of life…”– Jerry Saltz

“Painstakingly rendered–she produces no more than a handful of works a year–her small canvases draw you into miniature worlds where folksy thrift-store realism is twisted into elaborate fantasy… her touch is always light, and her sense of pleasure always palpable.” — Neville Wakefield