From grade school on, art was his main interest, and in 1950 was accepted to Pratt Institute where he studied industrial design, sculpture, painting, graphics and photography under professors Alexander Kostellow, Rowena Reed, Victor Canzanni and Robert Kolhe. Harry graduated in 1954 with a Bachelor of Industrial Design, then spent the next two years in the U.S. Army.

Following his honorable discharge from service, he worked around the country as a captive designer for general Motors in Detroit, Gorham Silver in fall River Massachusetts, Paul McCobb in New York and Peter Muller-Monk in Pittsburgh, designing various products such as major appliances, tableware, furniture and minor appliances.

It was while he was working in Pittsburgh that Harry took advantage of the G.I. Bill and added graduate studies in painting and sculpture at Carnegie Institute to his background.

After this fill of experience, in 1969 along with a Pratt classmate, Harry established Farmlett Barsanti Inc., a consultant design firm in New York City on 5th Avenue near 25th Street. This was a very successful partnership with a staff of eight designers servicing clients such as Ideal Toy, International Business Machines, London Records, ABC Paramount, Buddy L Toys, General Electric and Popular Science Magazine. This firm was engaged in product development, packaging graphics and color photography for the toy industry, the recording industry, the publishing industry and the appliance industry.

Harry and his wife Joan moved to Florida in 1992 and now reside in Hudson with their two cats, Sir Reginald and Alexander The Great. Since coming to Florida he has had more time to devote to painting and recently exhibited in the State House in Tallahassee; Nagoya Art Waves Festival in Nagoya City Japan; Pasco Art Council in Holiday; Pasco-Hernando Community College in New Port Richey; the West Pasco Art Guild in New Port Richey; the Tarpon Springs Cultural Center in Tarpon Springs; and the Progress Energy Art Gallery in New Port Richey.