Over the years Angus has received a number of awards; he won the Elizabeth Greenshields Award (Canada) twice, and a small travelling scholarship from the Art College, which took him to France and Italy.
In 1995 he was awarded the Latimer award at the Royal Scottish Academy.
In the same year he was elected member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours (RSW) who hold an annual exhibition in The Mound, Edinburgh.
In 1999, Angus won an award at the RSW Exhibition “ The Alexander Graham Munro Award “ for a large watercolour depicting a still life and stormy sky.
In 2001 he was again awarded a prize at the Royal Scottish Society of painters in Watercolours for his painting Scotland's Treasures. This time he was awarded the Glasgow Art Club prize which entitled him to a one-man show in the Arts club premises.
In 2002 he was awarded the Diana King/Scottish Gallery Prize at the Royal Scottish Academy.
In 2003 he received two Finalist awards from International artist magazine which led to inclusion in a number of books being published by International artist in 2004.
Angus was also awarded the John Gray award at the annual Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours in 2004 for the painting Art and Artifice.
In 2005 he won the John Blockley Prize, at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London and in the same year was elected an associate member of the International Guild of Realism, USA.
In 2006 and 2007 he was again awarded a Finalist award from the International Artist Magazine.
2007 Angus won second prize in the, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, London.
1st Prize “ International Prize, Marche d Acqua Fabriano Watercolour 2012
2013 Bronze Award, Shenzhen International Watercolour Biennial, China
2015- May Marshall Brown Award, Royal Scottish Society of painters in Watercolours, Edinburgh
2016- Awarded Honourary Citizenship of Fabriano, Italy
2016- Awarded "Watercolour Enthusiasts" Award, SDWS, USA
2016-"Gallery A" Award, watercolour International III, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016- Peoples Choice Award, SDWS, USA
2017- SDWS Third place Award, SDWS
2017- Da Vinci Paint CO Award, SDWS
2017- SDWS Signature Members Award, San Diego, USA
2018- 13th Annual Arc Salon- 3rd place Landscape award & Honourable mention in Still life category, USA
2018- PleinAir Salon Art Competition, Best watercolour prize, USA
2018- elected member of the Australian Watercolour Institute, AWI
2019 PleinAir Salon Annual finalist with 2 paintings
2019- PleinAir Salon Art Competition- Best Vehicle Prize, USA
2019- 14th Annual ARC Salon-Honourable mention in Still life Category, USA
2019- "among the best 50" award GAWA International Watercolour contest
2020- SDWS Honouring the 25th Anniversary of San Diego Market Street Group Artists Award
2020-signature status SDWS
2021- Best outdoor Still Life- 10th Annual PleinAir Salon, USA
2021- Signature membership status NWS- National Watercolor Society, USA
2021- "In honor of Judi Betts Award, 101st NWS International Open Exhibition, USA
2021- Gold Award, 1st prize- Watercolour International V, Thessaloniki, Greece
2021- The W. Gordon Smith and Mrs Jay Gordonsmith Award, 141st RSW Exhibition, Mound Edinburgh
2022- NWS Master's Cash Award (2nd Prize), NWS 102nd International open Exhibition, USA
2022- Elected President of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour-PRSW
2023- Outstanding watercolour for "Draughtsman's desk"- Boldbrush Painting competition
2023- NWS Masters cash award (V), NWS 103rd International Open Exhibition, USA
2023- First Place Overall, 13th Annual PleinAir Salon Competition, USA
2023- Excellence award- Watercolor International 6, Thessaloniki, Greece
2024- Signature membership status AWS- American Watercolor Society, USA
2024- Splash 25 Watermedia Competition- Third place award. USA
2024- Richard Haines NWS Past President's Award, NWS, USA.
2024- Member of the Accademia Internazionale dell'Acquarello-AIDA. Italy
2024- Master signature member of the NWS, (National Watercolor Society), USA
2025- Splash 26 Watermedia Competition- Second Place Award. USA
2025- Watercolor International VII (Thessaloniki, Greece)- Michael Solovyev Award
2026- American Watercolor Society (AWS)- Jeanne Dobie Color Award
