Barb English has been a professional artist and illustrator for thirty years. She has taught basic design and drawing classes to children and adults at Hartnell Community College in the Workforce and Community Development Department, Salinas, CA, for more than half that time.
Barb has had several exhibitions at the college exhibiting her ceramics and pottery, pastels and colored pencil work. She has also taught drawing to students in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program of Monterey County, as she has been a Paraprofessional Educational Sign Language Interpreter for many years.
She has collaborated with teachers of the deaf, illustrating and publishing tri-lingual calendars in English, Spanish and Sign Language.
Barb is currently working on writing and illustrating a children's book of her own.