Artist: Angela Koenig
“Most artists only concentrate on the visible . I strive to capture what is just underneath the superficial layer, to convey the very essence of my subjects. I’m not just putting a brush to a canvas. Every stroke is an untold story, every painting reflects a vision of vitality and spirit.”
Angela Koenig is an award-winning artist who is recognized for a variety of mediums and genres. She has been featured in KOI USA magazine, Art PATRON Magazine, News Net’s Southern California Lifestyle Show, and various other California magazines. She has also been a featured guest on KFON TV and at several City of Fontana events. Angela is active in the regional art scene as a teacher, demo and workshop artist and as a facilitator for numerous art groups and organizations. She was represented for many years by Brandon Gallery in Fallbrook, CA and has also participated in a number of invitational show, including San Dimas Festival of Arts, and Fontana Festival of Arts. In 2016, she was one of three national artists featured in an international Encaustic Show curated by the Escondido Center for the Arts, Museum of Art. Already in 2018, her work has been included in numerous invitational shows and has been featured in three separate solo shows throughout the Inland Empire.
Angela utilizes a variety of artistic mediums – oil, watercolor, acrylic, encaustic, pastel, printmaking, mixed media and Chinese Brush. Her spontaneous assembly of color and texture propels her bold and distinct style. She paints plein aire and finds inspiration in all facets of the world surroundings. She also works from live models, and from photographs from her various international travels.
Angela Koenig is a student of the world. Growing up in a Navy family, she had the unique opportunity to travel extensively residing in numerous creative enclaves and studying with several globally renowned artists: Seigfreid Hahn and Howard Wexler in Stuttgart, Germany, Ning Yeh in China, and several other artists including Charles Reid, Carolyn Anderson, Ted Nuttall and Alvaro Castagnet.
After completing her college education with an emphasis in the arts, art history and Medieval Studies, Angela spent the next portion of her life dealing in the corporate world of business where she was able to combine her artistic sense of design, color and style while operating as a pioneer for women at an executive and corporate management level.
Angela is often referred to as a colorist and impressionist. Her works are prismatically vibrant and aesthetically complex. She strives to capture the essential soul of her subjects as well as the landscape surroundings in which they live.