Ken was born in June of 1960, on the northern air force base of Cold Lake, Alberta.   As a child, he wanted to become either an astronaut or an artist, but would get sick on the playground swing set, so the die was cast. In 1984, he graduated from the Alberta College of Art and immediately set upon a successful freelance career in the advertising and illustration market place. Lasting over thirty-five years it culminated in numerous awards and recognition around the world. With Illustration reps in Toronto, New York, London, and Los Angles, all securing him challenging, yet exciting projects. In 1999, for almost a decade, he also became a military artist, completing both private and commissioned paintings and prints for the Canadian, American, and German military. Fun and adventurous times, that almost included being flattened by a tank in mock battle.    In 2001, he became a sessional instructor at his old alma mater, the Alberta College of Art and Design, and for the next nineteen years, taught the disciplines of drawing and rendering skills.From the very beginning and throughout the last forty years, Whenever life slipped him a little spare time, he would dutifully work on his own art. A deeply meaningful and spiritual belief that happiness and purpose are found in the simple things, and that the beautiful in this world, always surrounds. You just have to imagine it.