Tony Angell Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

In 2016, the Museum of Northwest Art awarded a Northwest Luminaries award in Angell’s name. These awards are named in honor of those who have left a lasting impact on the Pacific Northwest region (including Patti Warashina and art historian Bill Holm). These awards are then given to artists of promise as chosen by a distinguished nominating panel and jury.

Writing and illustrating more than a dozen books related to nature, Angell has received the Washington State Writers Award for four of his works including Birds of Prey of the Pacific Northwest Slope, Ravens, Crows, Magpies and Jays (University of Washington Press) and In the Company of Crows and Ravens (Yale University Press). His most recent book, T he House of Owls (Yale University Press) received the 2015 National Outdoor Book Award for nature and the environment writing. His book Puget Sound Through an Artist’s Eye (University of Washington Press) is a collection of his artistic works in stone, bronze and line along with a narrative that describes his artistic response to the region he lives in.

He was active in the Nature Conservancy, with time as chairman and as a member of the board of its Washington chapter. He received the national organization’s highest award of the Golden Oak Leaf for his work in establishing the Skagit River Bald Eagle Natural Area. Likewise he was recognized as a Champion of Puget Sound by the Puget Sound Keeper’s Alliance in 2014. His outreach with both his writing and artwork resulted in his election into the Hall of Fame of the Department of Communications at the University of Washington.

Awards for his artwork include the Master Artist Medal from the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Gallery of Wausau Wisconsin, and a first prize award in illustration from the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2006. His sculpture “Stretching Kestrel” received the Chilmark Award from the National Sculpture Society, an organization of which he is an elected Fellow.

Tony Angell is an American wildlife artist, environmental educator, and writer. He has lived in Seattle, Washington, since 1959.

Angell was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1940. His father was a private eye, and his mother a painter and teacher. Angell grew up in the San Fernando Valley. As a child, explored the Los Angeles River to hunt and fish, as well as the local beaches to surf and skin dive. This early exposure to nature instilled in him a life-long respect for the outdoors and native animals. He went to Seattle in 1959 on an athletics scholarship and obtained a BA in Speech Communications and a MA degree from the University of Washington.