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Mira Hecht’s luminous oil paintings exude a sense of order and calm. Constructed of translucent and overlapping veils of color, the paintings are containers of subtle energy and light. Their formal presentation superficially resembles some of what the Washington Color School was up to, but with a purpose or content her Color School cohort would never have admitted to.
Trained at the San Francisco Art Institute, Mira is a product of the San Francisco Bay rather than the Chesapeake. Her paintings are not just about themselves. They convey a welcome reverence for the fragility and …