Mary Pratt's Shared Silence

A commanding square canvas, fifty-five inches in each direction, whose champagne-finished wood frame lends the composition a quietly luminous border — architecture and art held in elegant conversation. The depth of the piece reads with genuine presence on the wall, substantial enough to anchor a salon wall or assert itself above a considered console. Mary Pratt's Shared Silence, realized through John Richard's meticulous framing craft, carries that rare quality of work that rewards sustained looking.