Every artist's intent is to lead a full life of image-making, leaving a legacy of inspirational work. A profilic teacher, collage artist, painter, sculptor, and documentarian, Janice Lowry (1957-2009) succeeded at both goals. Her vibrant body of work continues to resonate with friends, family, students, and admirers. Student and friend Mark Ryden contributes a heartfelt preface. Lowry's 126 volume diary, which she kept since age eleven, is in the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art. Her assemblages, drawing from Joseph Cornell's shadow boxes, are surreal 3-d worlds made of everything from worn paint and wood to table legs and deer antlers. Both an epitaph and a look into the life of this intensely creative individual, this title is published along with Lowry's restrospective at the Grand Central Art Center.