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Stan Angel - Artist

Stan Angel

Learn more about Stan Angel from Santa Rosa, CA - United States.

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Stan had encoded in his very DNA the yearning for photography and more importantly practiced as an art form.

Born in the great city of San Francisco (Ansel Adams was a Home boy) early education began with maternal grandfather William 'Bill' Masons endless stream of Kodak slide shows, highlighting his grandparents numerous trips across the USA, Canada countless relatives) and abroad. Wonderful garlic popcorn, Dr. Pepper (Nanna called it 'Peppa') and stuck slides are a 'still' in fond memory.

Following winning several art shows with water color and acrylics in grade school/Highschool/College and then being asked to leave to give others a chance to win, Stan gravitated toward photography as a medium.

Studied with Ansel Adams keeping his guidance close to his eager fingertips, taking numerous trips around California to understand Ansel's mastery of using color in black and white, each spectrum a shade of dark/light.

Stan joined the U.S. Army and traveled abroad (most notably Europe) Purchased his first 'real' camera in the duty free shop, a Canon T-50 which he shot his first gig most notebly in 1990 when in Santa Barbara California, having been asked to photograph a Bob Hope USO show for the Operation Desert Storm (Shield) troops, purchased another Canon an EOS1 with 8-200 MM 2.8 lens, met Bob his wife and Fess Parker (Daniel Boone/Davy Crocket) all in one shoot!

~Awards~



Sonoma County Wine Country Fair 2013, Stan took home not one but two first places as well as a third in the Professional Photography category, these image prints are for sale here on Fine Art America, 'Sun Rise Oak in Yellow Mustard' 'Oak in the Fog' and 'Lake Ralphine reflections'. Sonoma County Fair 2017, First place (Shelley Lind Tug in the Petaluma River) Point Reyes National Seashore first place image ('Serenity' a Tule Elk at Sunset Point Reyes National Seashore. Readers Photo Selection of the week, each week respectively for the Press Democrat four weeks in a row.

Stan's art work was also featured on St. Francis Winery, Sonoma County California FaceBook Page as well as a few publications and periodicals relating to historical and cultural landscapes.

�Wherever snow falls, or water flows, or birds fly, wherever day and night meet in twilight, wherever the blue heaven is hung by clouds, or sown with stars, wherever are forms with transparent boundaries, wherever are outlets into celestial space, wherever is danger, and awe, and love, there is Beauty, plenteous as rain, shed for thee, and though thou shouldest walk the world over, thou shalt not be able to find a condition inopportune or ignoble.�

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Stan Angel joined Pixels.com Licensing on October 9th, 2013.