Contemporary

Tim Lowly

Born 1958

Early Life, Family and Training Tim Lowly was born Timothy Hadlock Grubbs in 1958 in Hendersonville, North Carolina. His early years were shaped by a move to South Korea when he was three years old, following his parents who served there as Presbyterian missionaries. During this time, he spent his days learning the piano and the guitar, developing a connection to music that would remain a constant throughout his life. His formal training in art took place at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he focused his studies on art. In 1981, he married Sherrie Rubingh. The couple made th…

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An Interactive Constellation

The Subject Atlas

A chart of Tim Lowly's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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Spokes — Subject

Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.

Rings — Career Period

Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.

Threads — Shared Context

Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.