Heather Hutchison, a painter whose works recall the subtle harmonic overtones of Rothko’s color studies, involves a quiet palette of soft tonal colors painted on plexiglas, and encased in beeswax. The effect from the banding is a beautiful, resonant fusing of one color layer into another, lit from within. The plexiglas sits a few inches off the wall, allowing light to penetrate behind the piece, enhancing the quality of soft, diffused light and a pulsation of color. With their sheer, translucent surfaces combined with the tactile quality of the beeswax, these works are meditative and serene. As a series the paintings create a contem-plative atmosphere in the exhibition space.

Hutchinson has shown frequently in New York with the Margaret Thatcher Project and the Norah Haime Gallery, and has shown her work in other venues throughout the United States. Hutchison’s work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, The Cooper Fund, the Reader’s Digest Collection, and the Sunrise Museum in Charlestown, among others.