Angelo Franco is a lifelong artist, having been painting for more than fifty years.  His work has been both in private collections, and shown in various galleries over the years, predominantly in oil, but he has also worked in pastels, watercolor, charcoal, ink, and gouache, as well as clay, plaster and granite for sculptural works. 

He studied fine art at the Portland Fine Art School in Maine, before accepting a full four-year merit scholarship at the Art Students League of New York from 1976 to 1980.  His work was selected and is included in their permanent collection. 

Angelo's work is shown in art events throughout Central Ohio, as well as at Crossroads Art Center in Richmond, Virginia, and at the Richard Stravitz Gallery in Virginia Beach. His work has been shown in galleries across the country: Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Long Beach, California; Cape Cod, Massachusetts; Woodstock and Millbrook in the New York Hudson Valley, as well as NYC, and Philadelphia.