Southern Magnolia

A botanical study rendered with the kind of stillness that only genuine artistic restraint can achieve, the Southern Magnolia by John Richard commands attention through composition rather than spectacle. Its proportions — twenty-two inches in height, seventeen wide, twelve deep — give it the presence of a considered object, equally suited to a console vignette or a quiet corner of a library. This is the sort of piece that anchors a room without announcing itself, the hallmark of work collected rather than decorated with.