As soon as he was able to hold a brush, he was encouraged to paint. His early efforts were brightly colored and energetic, not unlike his work today. He was introduced to silkscreen printmaking by his 10th grade art teacher and fell in love with the intense color and flat finish of the inks. By 1972 he had begun printing in earnest. In 1974 he resigned from a job at an advertising agency in Washington, D.C. to devote all his time to painting and making his silkscreen prints.
In the 1980s English was being approached by art galleries who found his upbeat, beautifully crafted prints to be an exceptional value in the art market. By the early 1990s the artist's studio had to be enlarged to accommodate the new projects being created that included sculpture and painting.
His work has been purchased by corporate and private collections and by many prestigious museums. He accepts several special commissions annually for oil paintings and serigraphs and is currently building a series of colorful mobiles.
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