Midnight Phals

A sculptural study in light and depth, Midnight Phals rises thirty-nine inches with the quiet authority of a work that belongs equally to the worlds of fine art and interior architecture. John Richard renders the phalaenopsis form in art glass with an understanding of how translucency can animate a room — petals and stems caught between opacity and luminescence, shifting with the hours. The piece occupies its footprint with considered restraint, eighteen inches of presence that commands without crowding.