[3] Klunder is principally known for his abstract paintings which are based on a non-traditional notion of "the self-portrait".
He called such work "psychic realism"[5] and his use of an expressionist element was in touch with international painting.
In 1996, the Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery in Owen Sound organized an exhibition, as did Museum London in 1999 curated by Ted Fraser titled Harold Klunder: In the Forest of Symbols.
[6] In 2020, his work was included in Painting Nature with a Mirror, a group show from the collection of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.
In 1980, he moved to Montreal where he lives now with his partner Catherine Carmichael and best friend/artist Shane West.