William Low is an award winning painter & illustrator with a reputation for exploiting light, color, visual perspective and emotion to create images that viewers find an immediate emotional connection

If you were to observe William Low as he walks down a crowded Manhattan street, you would never suspect him of being a native New Yorker. In fact, he was born in the Bronx, in the back seat of a taxicab, but you would guess that he is a tourist. His camera is ready, his head is thrown back, his mouth is open and his eyes are scanning the tall buildings. He is observing the shimmering sunlight on a building. He takes a photograph, makes a mental note of the color of the light and then, most importantly, he remembers the feeling that he got when he saw that light. With that information stored in his mind, he will use it when the time is right--in a painting for a book cover, newspaper article or calendar.

William's interest in architecture and the classic use of light gives his art a singular vision-a look all its own. The more he sees, the wider his repertoire of subject matter. When it becomes impractical to "see it all," he relies on photographs.


William has built a successful career as a commercial illustrator and painter over the last 22 years. In that time he has won numerous awards including four Silver medals from the Society of Illustrators, and has illustrated several children's books, including Lily, by Abigail Thomas (a Parent's Choice Honor Award winner in 1994). His work has been featured in Print Magazine, the Adobe Photoshop Wow! Book, by Linnea Dayton and Paul Davis, The Illustrator in America 1860-2000 by Walt Reed. His latest books include Chinatown (which he also wrote), The Days of Summer by Eve Bunting and Henry and the Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall, which arrive in bookstores in June 2004.

He is currently the principal in Cobalt Illustration Studios, a full service studio that produces illustrations for children's books and ad agencies, gallery paintings and fine art quality prints. The studio's many clients include: American Airlines, Compaq Computers, Gourmet Magazine, Guideposts Magazine, Harcourt Brace and Company, Harper Collins Publishers, Henry Holt & Company, RCA Records, Reader's Digest, and Monsanto Corporation. Many of his paintings are on permanent view at various Houston's Restaurants around the country.

Clients

American Airlines, Compaq Computers, Gourmet Magazine, Guideposts Magazine, Harcourt Brace and Company, Harper Collins Publishers, Henry Holt & Company, RCA Records, Reader's Digest, Monsanto Corporation. Eddie Bauwer, New York Times, Master Card

Awards

銀賞　ソサイエティオブイラストレーターズ 両親が選ぶ名誉賞　アビゲイル・トーマス メリット賞　ソサイエティオブイラストレーターズ 優秀賞　コミュニケーションアート誌より　 Shimarka-Run Foundation 賞 スクールオブビジュアルアーツ奨励賞