Arresting Emotion Bios

California landscape paintings and traditional illustration.

Designed over 50 postage stamps for the countries of Antigua, Barbuda, Grenada and the Grenada Grenadines. Illustrated two children’s books: Dancing on the Sand, and Sockeye’s Journey Home, for the Smithsonian Oceanic Collection. Dancing on the Sand won a Benjamin Franklin Book Award in the Book/Audio Category. Has appeared in Scientific American Magazine.

Advertising clients have included: Western Union, General Mills and Clorox, among many others. Corporate collectors include Tri Valley Bank, The Steven Kent Winery and La Rochelle Winery. Designed a label for the Steven Kent Winery’s Collector’s Circle, a limited-release wine. Worked in-house as a greeting card designer for Paramount Cards, Inc.

As a wildlife painter, exhibited in shows in Boston, Providence RI, Buffalo NY, and Los Angeles. In addition, work has appeared in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington DC. Past and present memberships have included the San Francisco Society of Illustrators, Graphic Artist’s Guild, the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland, CA. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Illustration.

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Gallery Art, Graphic Design, Advertising, Art Instructor and Illustrator.

Mediums & Techniques: Acrylic & Watercolor, Ink Illustration, Random Medium, Digital Illustration and Design.

Select Galleries: Start Soma, Gallery One, The Canvas Gallery, 111 Minna, Esteban Sabar Gallery and World Grounds. Select Clients: BlackSmith,Vinyards, TRIUMPH, Suite Jesus, Ninja Tune, Far Out, Tri Valley, Monarts, San Francisco State University, Kidspaces. Montclaire Elementary. Professional Positions Held: Freelance Illustrator, Art Instructor, Art Coordinator, Concept Designer, Fashion/Visual Merchandiser & Designer.Press:  Artbussiness.com, Eastbay Express, San Francisco Chronicle, Juxtapoz. Education: Bachelors Degree in Fine Art, San Francisco State University, 2008.

Painter, mixed media, glass, acrylics, artist, actor, set-builder, ceramist, model.

Currently living in Tucson, Arizona carving wooden saints and angels in his spare time. 

Dan Higgins Contact Information:

Painter, Acrylics, Mixed Media, Glass, Actor. 

Born in Germany 1969, moved to the USA in 1997. Lived in San Francisco for almost ten years and recently moved to Tucson, AZ. For the past five years, Angela has worked in collaboration with Dan Higgins.  

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