Nancy Hirsch Lassen's Perfect Storm No. 1, Small

A square canvas of commanding presence, Perfect Storm No. 1 by Nancy Hirsch Lassen arrives as one of those rare works that holds a room without demanding it. The composition carries the restless energy its title suggests, contained and given authority by a wood frame finished in gold that bridges the painterly and the architectural. At just over forty-one inches in each direction, it occupies its wall with the quiet confidence of something considerably larger. A distinguished addition to the John Richard collection, it speaks equally to the collector and to the designer seeking art that functions as punctuation.