Mahogany Intaglio VII

A composed study in tonal restraint, the Mahogany Intaglio VII by John Richard demonstrates how hand-painted paper, in the right hands, becomes a medium of quiet architectural authority. At twenty-two inches tall and eighteen wide, the piece occupies its wall with the deliberate presence of something far more monumental than its shallow profile suggests. The hand-painted finish lends each iteration a singular quality, the artist's touch evident in the nuance of tone and the warmth of its surface.