Dahlias & Poppies

A sweeping horizontal composition, Dahlias & Poppies by John Richard extends twenty-seven inches across in clear glass, its botanical subject rendered with the kind of arrested, luminous stillness that only this medium can achieve. The generous width relative to its shallow depth gives the piece an emphatically wall-like presence — something closer to architecture than ornament — while the clarity of the glass allows light to move through it rather than simply rest upon its surface.