Ken Moroney profile
| Name: | Ken Moroney |
| Year of Birth: | 1949 |
| Year of Death: | |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
- Oil on board (1)
- Oil On Canvas (2)
Ken Moroney b.1949 -present Ken was born on the 14th Feb 1949 . In south London of Anglo Irish parentage. His father was Irish and typical of his generation .He worried about Kens artistic temperament and viewed it as effeminate .So Ken took up boxing and won a gold medal for South London in his teens .But his painting continued to florish, as the gloves came off with his trademark striking use of colour . He has had paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy , London , the Beax Paris and the Kline galleries ,Canada . His works now hang in many important collections. Ken has travelled extensively and spent 2 years working for major galleries in New York . He favours romantic subjects of Edwardian times .His main medium is oil . He was nominated by the Royal Academy in the summer of 1976 as being one of the few promising young artists to emerge this century: "Ken Moroney had considerable talent, any painting purchased now can only be seen as a sound long term investment."
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