Her themes are not science as applied in or to art, nor scientific illustration, nor even specific disciplines in themselves. It is surprising how, until the 1960s, so many great thinkers, and particularly physicists, were also well-versed in literature, philosophy, art and, especially, music. They acknowledged their humanity, and it may well shed some light on their own creativity in the sciences. Since the Eighteenth century, it has been far rarer that artists were truly aware of, much less amenable to the sciences. This is a central pulse to Lynda Lowe's art.
Illusion is to reality as the smoke is to fire.
Appropriately, it is entitled Big Bang . In this work, there is still a sense of concept realized in image, a direct correspondence between cosmology and an artist's conception . It is nonetheless a stimulating, visually engaging work. In this work, Lowe does not just envision, but expands and investigates the process of what the resulting vision is, and how one comes to envision. The gravity which draws the plumb bob true, is the very force which enables flight.