William Low  

William Low has been working professionally as an award-winning painter and illustrator for more than twenty-three years. He is the principal at Cobalt Illustration Studios, a full-service illustration studio that produces illustrations for corporate use, children’s books, advertisements, gallery paintings and fine art quality prints. Clients include: Chronicle Books; Compaq Computers; Eddie Bauer, Inc.; Guideposts Magazine; Harcourt Brace and Company; Henry Holt & Company; Houston's Restaurants; Metropolitan Transit Authority; and Philomel Books. Many of his original paintings are on permanent view at various Houston's restaurants around the country.

Low recently wrote and illustrated Old Penn Station (Henry Holt), a children’s picture book on the history of one of New York City’s most infamous buildings. He gives talks and demonstrations nationwide on the inspiration for that book.

Low has been teaching painting and illustration for over twenty years. He is currently a professor at The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City where he teaches an innovative painting technique on the computer to undergraduates and graduate students. As an educator, he has taught traditional painting and illustration classes at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and has conducted lectures and seminars at the Ringling School of Art, Syracuse University, Maryland Institute College of Art, the Society of Illustrators, and the Norman Rockwell Museum.

William Low’s Artist Statement:

“As I worked on the painting Moonlit White House, I wanted to evoke a quiet sense of drama. So I contrasted the cool glow of the full moon (you can even see a fragmented reflection on the window) with the warmth of an incandescent bulb from within. If you were to consider the stars, there are actually three light sources . . . I like to play them off of each other, like dancers on a stage.

“Where do I get my ideas? Beyond the photographs, which are readily available, I am always inspired by the great American illustrator, N. C. Wyeth, and I love the light in Edward Hopper’s paintings.”

More Books by William Low:

Chinatown (Henry Holt and Company)
Machines Go To Work (Henry Holt and Company)
The Day the Stones Walked written by T. A. Barron (Philomel Books)
Willy and Max: A Holocaust Story written by Amy Littlesugar (Philomel Books)
Henry and the Kite Dragon written by Bruce Edward Hall (Philomel Books)

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