Embellished Sapling Sculpture, Small

A slender sapling rendered in polished brass and metal rises eighteen inches, its branches and foliage hand carved from selenite and marble — materials that hold light with the quiet authority of the natural world they evoke. John Richard brings a sculptor's sensibility to this small-scale work, layering warm metallic structure against the translucent cool of stone to create something that reads as both botanical study and objet d'art. It is the kind of piece that anchors a console or library shelf not through scale but through conviction.