Michael English - Red Bus Red Paint 1981 Art Poster (Mounted)

Artist: Michael English (British, 1941–2009)
Title: Red Bus Red Paint (1981)
Publisher: Motif Editions, London
Printer: Shenval '80', Harlow, England
Technique: Large-format vintage hyper-realist offset lithograph
Dimensions: 93x64 cm
Status: Vintage condition, mounted/glued on heavy cardboard backup as issued for display
 
About the Poster:
This striking Michael English Red Bus Red Paint 1981 Poster was published by Motif Editions and printed by Shenval '80' in England. The hyper-realist airbrush composition features a glossy macro view of rich, wet red paint cascading over the structured panels and cooling vents of a classic London bus. The top-left features the bold white bus fleet number '277'. The lower white border bears precise typography crediting the publisher, printer, and artist. This specific piece comes historically mounted on cardboard.
 
About the Artist & Publisher:
Michael English was a legendary British avant-garde illustrator. He first achieved fame in the late 1960s creating iconic psychedelic concert posters for bands like Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix under the duo 'Hapshash and the Coloured Coat'. By the late 1970s and 1980s, English pivoted toward high-fidelity hyper-realism using airbrush techniques, capturing industrial machinery, oil, and paint textures with exceptional depth. Motif Editions was a major London publishing house that specialized in museum-quality pop and contemporary art prints.