Silver Orchid II

A spare and considered composition, the Silver Orchid II by John Richard brings the quietude of botanical study to the wall in a format that rewards slow looking. At forty inches tall and rendered on canvas, its narrow, elongated proportion recalls the disciplined verticality of a classical column, commanding presence without demanding space. The depth of three inches lifts the work subtly from the plane of the wall, allowing it to inhabit a room as object as much as image.