Shelley Bolton's Wax and Wane, Small

Wax and Wane arrives as a study in quiet tension — a small-scale work whose compressed proportions carry the visual weight of something far larger, commanding the wall with the confidence of a considered punctuation mark rather than mere decoration. Shelley Bolton's composition moves the eye in a deliberate rhythm, contracting and expanding across its surface in a way that rewards sustained attention. For John Richard, it represents the house at its most curatorial: art selected not for its scale but for its ability to hold a room in equilibrium.