Jackie Ellens' Shades Of Summer I

A square canvas of considered proportion, Jackie Ellens' Shades Of Summer I arrives from John Richard rendered in enamel — a finish that lends the surface a luminous depth and quiet intensity. At just over thirty-seven inches across, the work occupies a wall with confident presence without demanding it, the depth of two inches giving the piece a sculptural weight that reads beautifully against both plaster and paneling. It is the kind of painting that anchors a room the way a well-chosen antique does — not loudly, but with lasting authority.