Bill Angresano's career as a professional painter and illustrator has spanned 30 years now. He has worked extensively in the areas of pre-production art for advertising and film, and paperback book cover paintings for romance and western novels. He is a portrait artiist, and has painted landscapes and genre scenes for various clients. His work can also be found on the HBO television network and in Madison Square Garden where he has created sports art for posters.

Mr. Angresano is a graduate of Rutgers University. He studied with professional painters at the Salmagundi Club, the Art Students League, and the Reilly League of Artists in New York City. He is the recipient of the Salmagundi Club's award for the best landscape for artist 1999, the Frank Vicent Dumont award for Excellence in Portraiture, the Knickerbockers artists Honorable Mention for the Portraiture and the Ogden Pleissner Memorial Award for Watercolor.

His work has been in many national shows and can be found in the National World Museum in California, the Bergen County Museum of Arts and Sciences, the Boxing Hall of Fame, along with numerous corporate and private collections.

At present, Mr. Angresano teaches Fundamentals of Drawing and Painting as well as is working on private commissions.

"I have paintings in a few museums. Through this all, I have felt I wanted to become a 'mature artist,' to tackle what I consider to be a very inportant genre, religious or liturgical art. So like our faith, we keep going, chasing the ideal, a higher level of craft, closer and closer to a type of perfection.

"With the help of my family and friends, the many priests and nuns I respect and love, God willing, I will produce something ideal, moving and inspiring to others. This is my goal, one of my passions. We keep going."

The Standard Bearer for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel|
by Bill Angresano

Owned by Richard J. Smith of California.
The oil painting measurers 24"x30".

Elijah on Mount Carmel
by Bill Angresano

“and after the fire came a gentle whisper"
Shows the moment of Elijah’s encounter with God described in 1 Kings 19.

30" x 40" oil on canvas original

Our Lady on Mount Carmel
by Bill Angresano

30" x 40" oil on canvas original