This November, Gallery MAR is honored to present How the Light Gets In, a new exhibition by Bridgette Meinhold, opening with a reception on Friday, November 7th. Known for her masterful encaustic and cold wax paintings, Meinhold creates luminous landscapes that feel at once timeless and urgently of our moment.

For this exhibition, the artist explores the motif of windows—both literal frames and metaphorical openings. Through these windows, she invites us to witness how light filters in, how cracks become spaces of possibility, and how shifting our viewpoint can reveal new ways of seeing the world.

In her words, “This year’s theme is about windows, about letting the light in, about looking through the cracks to find the good, about viewpoints, seeing the world with fresh eyes, and about envisioning the future you want.”

The works in How the Light Gets In are more than serene treescapes and misty mountains. They are dreamscapes: quiet sanctuaries that offer moments of escape from the challenges of our time, while also reflecting the artist’s desire for hope and resilience. Each piece carries the texture and permanence of encaustic painting, a medium that requires both fire and patience, and which has become Meinhold’s signature voice.

As Leonard Cohen once wrote, “Don’t dwell on what has passed away / Or what is yet to be.” In that spirit, Meinhold’s paintings become a balm: reminders that light, however fractured, still enters in.

How the Light Gets In opens with a reception on Friday, November 7th, from 6–8 pm at Gallery MAR, 436 Main Street, Park City. The exhibition will remain on view through the month of November.

Meinhold’s work has been exhibited widely across the West and is held in numerous private and corporate collections. A longtime Utah resident, she draws daily inspiration from the mountains and forests surrounding her Park City home and studio. Over the past decade, she has become one of the region’s most celebrated encaustic artists, known for her ability to merge technical mastery with environmental storytelling. Her paintings have been featured in publications including Southwest Art and Western Art & Architecture, and she has been a consistent presence in Gallery MAR exhibitions since the gallery’s earliest days. Beyond her encaustic practice, Meinhold is also an accomplished writer, authoring Urgent Architecture: 40 Sustainable Housing Solutions for a Changing World (W.W. Norton, 2013), which underscores her deep concern for climate change and sustainability.

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