Gold-Leaf Branches I

A study in botanical quietude, Gold-Leaf Branches I renders the spare geometry of winter branches in luminous gold leaf on canvas, the composition at once elemental and deeply considered. At thirty-four inches in height, the work commands a wall with the authority of sculpture while retaining the intimacy of drawing — line made precious, restraint made radiant. From John Richard, it belongs to that rare category of decorative art that does not merely fill a space but reorders it.