Born and raised in Michigan, Ken showed exceptional artistic talent at a very early age. As a boy, he often immersed himself in drawing in order to escape from the pressures of life. After exploring reasonable career options and a short stint in business school Ken realized that art was the only career that gave him meaning. As a result, Ken dropped out of business school and enrolled at Kendall College of Art and Design, an exclusive private college in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he received a bachelor’s degree in fine art. While in attendance at Kendall, he was also invited to study at the Royal College of Arts in London. In London, he found the direction he wanted to take his art. Struck by the pure and simple beauty of representational impressionism, he immediately knew that was the style he wanted to pursue.

After graduating from college with honors, Ken moved to Chicago where he attended the Palette and Chisel Academy in order to further his understanding of impressionism. Shortly after arrival, Ken was discovered by a respectable Chicago Gallery and so began his professional career. Absorbing as much as he could from the Palette and Chisel he continued on to the Loveland Academy of Fine Art in Colorado where he had a rare opportunity to study with the renowned master Richard Schmid who helped him put the final touches on his education.