Tony Angell is a prominent and respected artist and environmentalist. His life’s work encourages aesthetic beauty and unflinching natural integrity, be it through artwork, publications, advocacy, or illustration. His work is included in close to 50 private and public collections across the country and is on permanent display at the Foster-White Gallery, one of Seattle’s oldest and finest art galleries. At age 17, he won a track and field scholarship to the University of Washington and did his undergraduate work in English and Speech Communication and master’s work in Speech Communication. He was signed with the first gallery he walked into, Foster-White. His illustrations and essays on Northwest wildlife became a regular feature in Pacific Search magazine. After beginning his career in the 1960s as a painter, he began to focus on sculpture, which he produces in his studios in Seattle and Lopez Island. He has written and/or illustrated 15 books. Books showcasing his work include Owls (1974), Ravens, Crows, Magpies and Jays (1978), and Marine Birds and Mammals of Puget Sound (1982) — all published by University of Washington Press. Four of his books, including In the Company of Crows and Ravens, have received the Governor’s Literary Award in nonfiction (now known as the Washington State Book Award). Author, illustrator and sculptor, Angell has won numerous writing and artistic awards for his work on behalf of nature including the prestigious Master Artist Award of the Leigh Yawkey Art Museum. He has worked as a board member of Washington’s chapter of The Nature Conservancy and has been actively associated with the Conservancy since 1973. He is an elected fellow of the National Sculpture Society. After 30 years in public education, he retired in 2002 as director of environmental education for the state of Washington, where he coordinated efforts to teach schoolchildren about the natural world, our place in it, and its importance to our physical, economic and spiritual well-being.