Debra Ferrari's Umbria, Large

A large-scale canvas work from John Richard's collection, Debra Ferrari's *Umbria* commands its wall with the unhurried authority of a landscape absorbed rather than observed. Framed in a champagne-finished wood that draws warmth to the painting's edge without competing for attention, its generous proportions — over six feet wide — invite the kind of sustained looking that a well-appointed room is designed to encourage. This is the piece around which a seating arrangement orients itself, a still point in the considered interior.