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Because we so love this painting we wanted to give more information about the artist. His name is Tim Lowly and the title of this piece is "Temma on Earth." It's 8’ x 12’, acrylic on panel. Here is how he describes the work:

“…on earth, as in heaven…”

The painting Temma on Earth depicts a child lying on the ground as seen from above. The work brings the viewer into the tension of several paradoxes: an apparently small person depicted at twice life size; a sparse composition with a galactic accumulation of detail; a figure seemingly rooted to the ground, yet – by virtue of pictorial orientation – floating free; an image which brings one intimately close yet kept at a great distance. How does one paint a mystery.

Tim Lowly lives and works in Chicago. Among the bags that he carries: making art, making music, curating and teaching. That said, without his wife Sherrie and daughter Temma he would be little more than a guy with some bags. If that.