Thomas Lowe

Thomas Lowe

: Reflections I

: “Cosmic Rorschach Test”, Look closely. What do you see?

: “Snooker”, God might not play dice with the Universe but perhaps he plays billiards.

: “Cosmic Dust”, (Image of the Hubble Deep Field courtesy NASA and the STScI )

: “The Sands of Time”, Winner of a second place prize for Graphic Design / Illustration in Adobe’s Dream Team Contest.

: “Dali Contemplating Relativistic Space-Time”

Thomas Lowe is a professional astronomer, an award winning graphic designer / illustrator, gourmet cook and an accomplished harmonica player who lives on Gabriola Island in beautiful British Columbia. He has a wealth of experience in observational astronomy and has worked at some of the largest telescopes in the world. During his tenure as a support astronomer with Lick Observatory he collaborated with the University of California Berkeley Supernova Group and the Lick Sub-giant Planet Search Group. He has co-authored over fifteen research articles in refereed scientific journals. Through his early experience with computer graphics and scientific visualization he developed a keen interest in fractal geometry whose cornerstone, the Mandelbrot Set, shows up in various guises in many of his works. Primarily a surrealist, much of his work is a tribute to one of his favorite artists, Salvador Dali.