Al Agnew is an American naturalist painter known for his work capturing wildlife and scenery in realistic detail. "To view an Al Agnew original is to be given the gift of a moment suspended in time". He and his wife Mary split their time between rural Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri and a log home in Paradise Valley, Montana. Al credits his wife with encouraging him to enter the 1983 Missouri Trout stamp competition. After winning that competition, Agnew left the teaching profession to devote himself to a professional career as a wildlife artist, with Mary acting as his business manager. 

January 1st, 1952 in (Age 72)