English considers himself a folk artist. To understand what he means by this one need look no further than his pirated billboards. Ron has paid a heavy price to get his art unabridged, uncensored to the public. Not only has he sacrificed endless hours since the early '80's churning out his illegal billboards for the cost free consumption of a delighted public, he has even racked up one second degree felony for some officially unappreciated billboards in Texas
Beyond his billboard activities Ron is known as a brilliant painter. He is the father of Agit-Pop, a hybrid of Pop Art that is fueled by a more personal, hands -on, socially responsible attitude. His work is loaded with the iconography of his generation, exploring the range and power of a deeply American symbology using pop imagery as a metaphor.
English has also reinvented Modernism in his own image and attitude in a series called "Revisionist Modernism". Ron has an incredible knack for making things his own, and in no place is this more evident than in this series. By "Putting some English on it" Ron not only reinterprets the original, he breathes a new life and a new vitality into the work that holds its own against the tide of postmodern critique.