Personally, he is interested in creating rhythms of light and dark in his pieces, and he strives to couple these with stimulating and sometimes disturbing themes. He also wants his pieces to invite the outstretched hand, to enhance the experience the viewer shares with his art. He prefers to work in stone as a direct carver and use marble, limestone, soapstone and alabaster.
Ken started out very early as an artist in Bronx, New York, and had scholarships to two art schools but decided to join the Navy and see the world. That started a long break from art while he went on to college and eventually become a physician and surgeon. He retired from the Navy in 1986, after 21 years, and practiced plastic and reconstructive surgery until 1998.
About 30 years ago he began to sculpt stone and other media, and taking workshops to learn better techniques. He has worked in terra cotta, wood, and bronze but now prefers to work in stone. In 1996 he had a life changing experience of spending a month carving stone in a little town in Italy, Pietrasanta, where they have been sculpting marble for hundreds of years. While there he made the decision to retire from medicine and devote himself to stone sculpting. Art aficionados describe his art form as expressionistic figurative sculpture.
Personally, he is interested in creating rhythms of light and dark in his pieces, and he strives to couple these with stimulating and sometimes disturbing themes. He also wants his pieces to invite the outstretched hand, to enhance the experience the viewer shares with his art. He prefers to work in stone as a direct carver and use marble, limestone, soapstone and alabaster.