Michael Pfleghaar's Botanical Buddies

A richly scaled canvas work from John Richard, *Botanical Buddies* by Michael Pfleghaar brings an unhurried, almost meditative quality to the wall — its acrylic medium lending the botanical subject a luminous depth that rewards prolonged looking. At just over forty-six inches in height, the framed composition commands its space with the confidence of collected art rather than decorative supplement. The generous proportions make it equally at home anchoring a library wall or holding its own above a substantial console in an entry hall.