Shelley Bolton's Down by Still Waters, Small

A still, luminous work from the John Richard collection, Shelley Bolton's *Down by Still Waters* arrives framed in champagne-finished wood — its square proportions, forty-one inches to a side, lending the composition an almost meditative self-containment. The framed canvas format gives the piece architectural weight without imposing on the wall, allowing Bolton's imagery to hold its ground with quiet authority. It is the kind of work that rewards a considered placement: above a console in a hushed entry, or centered on a plaster wall where light can move across it through the hours of the day.