He pursued his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University where he became actively involved with making art and studied both commercial art and painting. Following the completion of his B.F.A. he enrolled in the M.F.A. program at the University of North Carolina where many 20 th century art movements and trends began to influence his work and which still play a role in his painting today. After completion of his M.F.A. he was accepted and attended the Triangle Artist s Workshop where he studied with Toni Caro the sculptor. During this period castings of local simple objects, such as shells, began to appear in his works. For 10 years English concentrated on photography but ultimately returned to painting.
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