Mark McDowell's Accord

A commanding vertical composition in gilded and clear glass, the Accord arrives at forty-five inches in height with a presence that reads as both sculpture and surface — light refracting through its depth with the quiet authority of something architectural. Mark McDowell's hand is evident in the work's considered proportion, where the generous thirty-seven-inch span allows the gilded elements to breathe against the clarity of the glass ground. It is the kind of piece that anchors a wall the way a great painting does, without ever announcing itself too loudly.