Bird of Prey Sculpture on Quartz

A raptor caught in absolute stillness, this John Richard sculpture renders the bird of prey in polished metal and brass, its form commanding and alert against a grounding base of natural quartz. At ten inches in height, the piece occupies space with the quiet authority of something far larger — the kind of object that anchors a console or library shelf and asks nothing more of a room than to be noticed. The contrast between the warm, luminous finish of the brass and the raw geological honesty of the stone base is precisely the tension that elevates a sculpture from decorative to essential.