Peony Garden

A low, lateral composition, the Peony Garden piece by John Richard moves across its nine inches of height with the unhurried confidence of something meant to be lingered over. At twenty-four inches wide and ten inches deep, the proportions are decidedly horizontal — architectural in the way a well-placed console commands a room without demanding it. Its presence reads as both botanical and sculptural, the kind of object that anchors a surface while quietly elevating everything placed near it.