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Lowry, page 3, Kathy Zimmerer

isolation of the figure. In this piece and others, she continues to layer some of her surfaces with old paper pattern pieces and uses fragments of a yardstick to allude to the passing of time.

In her dainty surrealist object "Relative to the Sun" the viewer looks directly into a tiny eye chart that becomes a metaphor for an uncertain future.

Also touching are her assemblages where the "star gazer" or dreamer gently drifts through space, looking at the constellations and the planets. Tiny objects and delicate star charts help the "star gazer" navigate through his ephemeral realm and the figure seems at peace, dreaming of brilliant constellation and opalescent moons.

In a time of brutal war and an uncertain economy, her poetic images of stars are doubly welcome as a gentle reminder of the timeless beauty of the heavens and the temporal nature of our lives. Lowry's talent for wedding together personal, emotional issues with more eternal questions is again apparent in her "star gazer" series. She pares down her images to the essence of time, beauty and nature. Every object is imbued with a powerful philosophical content that flows together effortlessly to make a seamless whole.