LYNDA LOWE

SEEN/UNSEEN

May 1 – 30, 2026

CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION: Saturday, May 2nd, 3-5pm

ARTIST TALK AT 4pm

This body of work attends closely to the beauty of the natural world, but what we recognize in the physical world around us is only one expression. Nothing is simply as it appears. Beyond the tangible lies an ineffable presence that permeates even the most ordinary moments, revealed through attention and observation. Lowe’s work brings together the seen and unseen as inextricably linked. No thought or thing is entirely passive or inert—each holds a charged interiority, alive with presence.

Layering highly rendered realism with scientific text, poetry, geometry, and atmospheric color, she builds a perceptual field where meaning takes shape. Lowe brings the rational and the mysterious into coexistence, together creating a language through which resonance and resilience continually emerge.

PATRA VESSELS

These bowls are an extension of a project titled, “The Patra Passage,” in which the artist hand-built 108 ceramic vessels paired with small paintings and presented in handmade wooden boxes. Inspired by the alms bowls monks carry, these bowls are symbols of interdependence and an openness to the cycle of giving and receiving. The Sanskrit origin of patra translates as “the vessel that never goes empty,” grounding the work in the offerings of the present moment. In the first iteration of this project, the artist gifted all 108 vessels with instructions to continue the cycle of giving from person to person for one year. Ultimately the vessels circulated through over 500 people in over 40 states and 5 countries before returning for exhibition at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma.  Each ceramic Patra Vessel comes with a paired painting and handmade wooden box.

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