Local Artist will be featured in a national art magazine
Oconomowoc, WI 2-09-2007
Acclaimed military artist and veteran, Anthony (Tony) Stencel of Oconomowoc, WI, will be featured in an article about his art and the United States
Air Force Program, which Stencel is a member of in “The Artist’s Magazine” May 2007 edition. The article “Artist on the Line” will appear in the Artist’s Life
section of the magazine and will focus on his missions and art with the Air Force Art Program. Stencel is represented by The Imagine That Group, Pewaukee, WI
and The Last Square Military Art Gallery, Madison, WI. Stencel’s work is held in major military museums as well as private collections.
In existence since 1984, The Artist’s Magazine is created for artists and art enthusiasts. The magazine is published 10 times per year and has a circulation of 160,000. It showcases
the best work—in all media and in all styles—of the best artists working today. With beautiful color reproductions, engaging interviews, lively discussions of timely issues, practical
lessons in technique, and news of exhibitions and events, The Artist’s Magazine inspires, informs, encourages, and instructs so that an artist’s creative life will be filled with success
as well as pleasure.
The Air Force Art Program began in 1950 when the U.S. Army transferred about 800 works of art documenting the early Army Air Corps to the Air Force. Around
the same time, General Curtis LeMay began a "portrait" program.
Stencel presented 4 paintings to the Secretary of The Air Force, including one from his trip to OEF/Bagram, Afghanistan with the Office of Special Investigation (OSI). He has
been a member of the Air Force Art Program for 4 years, and has donated 6 paintings to date. While on these missions he was deployed in a "combat" zone.
Artists in this program "donate" their art to the USAF. Information about the program can be viewed at: http://www.afapo.hq.af.mil/Presentation/main/Index.cfm
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