Angela Koenig Brings the World to Fallbrook

Angela Koenig is a student of the world. Growing up in a Navy family, she traveled extensively and studied with several renowned artists including Seigfreid Hahn and Howard Wexler from Stuttgart, Germany, Rafael Maniago from the Philippines, and Ning Yeh from China. The Temecula resident has also worn a corporate hat. She has a real estate broker’s license and served as a high-ranking executive in the insurance industry. After becoming a member of the Brandon Galley cooperative, she helped bring a business sense to one of the oldest co-op galleries on the West Coast as well an international flavor to the collective. A sample of her work, Idea of Lotus, is on display in the lobby of the Fallbrook Area Visitors Bureau office on Alvarado Street near downtown Fallbrook. The Asian inspired art utilizes Chinese Brush, a new medium for Koenig that has allowed her to paint with greater conviction and fluidity. “The thing about Chinese Brush is it’s very spontaneous,” she explained. Koenig also uses oil, watercolor, acrylic and pastel. “I love them all,” she said. She paints plein air and finds inspiration all over, including live models, and from her own photography. Koi often serve as an inspiration for Koenig’s work. In recent trips to the countryside of China and Tibet, she found the Koi in the homes of the villagers and in contemporary and ancient the artwork as a spiritual symbol of strength and masculinity. For more on Koenig, go to www.essenceartstudio.com

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