For many years Ken lived on a narrow boat on the Kennet and Avon canal where the countryside subjects that he painted were on his doorstep.

A professional artist for over thirty years, Ken knew from an early age that art and nature would be part of his life.

He says, "the one thing that I do know is that I've just got to paint and that compulsion came when I was seven years old. That was the age I found out that the natural world was the only thing I wanted to be involved with".

His thirst for information about the natural world as a child has resulted in an encyclopedic knowledge of nature.

"In order to satisfy my curiosity, my father had to buy a bird book and give himself a crash course in ornithology. I wanted a parrot as a small boy but the nearest I got to it was a budgerigar. When I started raising nestlings and small animals and then released them into the natural environment, a true feeling of satisfaction came".

The pleasure that Ken gets from painting is "basically the simple juxtaposition of shapes and colours - a simple analysis but quite true". He paints whatever catches his eye but is well known for his paintings of game birds and barnyard fowl.