With a passion for photography since the age of 12, Ken was always exploring nature and it’s reflections, patterns and majestic beauty. He studied photography at Boise State University in Idaho for a few years before attending Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara in 1977. After Brooks he pursued a more fine art path. Exploring and experimenting were desires that drove him to learn a hot water technique to sculpt the soft developing emulsion of the film surface, creating new images with an energy almost speaking to be released from the composition. The best example is seen in his sculpted and manipulated Polaroid images. Ken has taken some of sculpted images to another level with mixed painting in oils and watercolor as well as layering and enhancements with digital tools. The result is an impressionist painting-like quality for which he has been recognized among few artists worldwide. Having traveled the world in search of new images, his body of work represents many countries and most continents. His clients are equally as varied and include celebrities such as: * Marvin Hamlisch * Lily Tomlin * Chita Rivera * Tracey Ullman Corporations such as: * IBM * Ralston Purina * MCA Records * Ruth Chris Steak House Interior design firms like: * D-Zign (Canada) * Oberon Design (San Francisco) * Eaton Fine Arts (Dallas) * Dugall Design (Pasadena CA) Kenario's work has been exibited in many galleries such as * Exposure Gallery (Palm Springs) * The Artisans (San Francisco) * Memories Gallery (Provincetown, MA.) * Isis (Corte Madera CA) * Photo Metro Gallery (San Francisco) * the Museo Italo-Americano (San Francisco) * Polaroid Permanent Collection * Palm Springs Desert Art Museum * American Juried Art Exhibition spring 2007