Sweet Magnolias

A sculptural study in transparency and light, Sweet Magnolias by John Richard renders the botanical in clear glass with an almost paradoxical delicacy — solid yet weightless, present yet ephemeral. At eighteen inches tall, the composition commands its surface with the quiet authority of something both found in nature and elevated far beyond it. The clarity of the medium allows light to move through and around each form, casting its own shifting presence into the room.