Teng Fei's Floating in Silence I

A monumental sixty-inch square canvas by Teng Fei, rendered in oil on framed canvas and finished by hand, *Floating in Silence I* arrives as both painting and object — its silver champagne and silver leaf treatment giving the surface an atmospheric luminosity that shifts with the quality of light in a room. The wooden frame, hand finished to complement the work's meditative mood, contributes an architectural solidity that grounds what is otherwise an image of remarkable stillness. From the John Richard collection, this is a piece acquired not merely for a wall but for the long life of a considered interior.