Jackie Ellens' Solitary Retreat

Availability: 16 weeks

A slender architectural panel of beech wood, the Solitary Retreat carries its remarkable height and width within a depth of near-impossibility — a study in restraint that reads as both sculpture and surface. John Richard's hand is evident in the composition's quiet authority, the natural character of the wood lending warmth without sentimentality. It is the kind of piece that organizes a room simply by being present, asking nothing of the space around it and giving everything in return.