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In this second exhibition of works by Washington, DC, based artist, Mira Hecht, at Addison/Ripley one is struck by the profound painterly insight evident in these, mostly geometric, paintings. In her largest, most subtle works, like the iconic "After Rain", Hecht makes use, consciously or unconsciously, of ancient, enduring geometric constructs, like the Vesica Pisces, the intersection of two or more overlapping spheres, variously described as the joining of god and goddess, the basic motif in the Flower of Life, a source of immense power and energy. Consistently, in each of these …