Artists: Tom English

Originally from Austin, Texas, Thomas English has been a Montana resident since 1991. English is an avid outdoor painter as well as a studio painter. He has participated in many shows throughout the United States and his work has been widely collected. English has participated many times in the C.M. Russell Auction, Quick Draw, and Masters in Miniature. Other shows include the Treasure State Invitational, the Montana Land Reliance, Plein Air Tucson, Masters in Montana, and many gallery shows. He was invited to attend the annual Glacier National Park "Superintendents" Hike, and many times to the annual "Russell Ride" at the Circle Bar Ranch near Utica, Montana as guest artist. English has had one-man shows at the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art in Great Falls, Montana, and the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell, Montana. During the Hockaday Museum showing, the museum purchased one of his paintings of Glacier National Park for their permanent collection. His work has been displayed at the Governor's Mansion in Helena, Montana and he also was awarded the prestigious "Artist in Residency" in Glacier National Park. He is a founding member and was the first President of the Montana Painters Alliance.

"The wonderful world and work of the California Impressionista, the American Impressionists, and the New Hope School, near Philadelphia, have all had an influence on my life, my painting, and my philosophy."