Ken Howard

Was born in 1932 and studied at Hornsey College of Art 1943-53, Royal College of Art 1955-58 and was awarded a British Council Scholarship to Florence 1958-59. His earlier work was much darker in tone but gradually over the years his palette has lightened. Light now plays a predominant part, whether in his studio interiors or in his beach scenes or studies of Venice. He is a painter in the Sickertian tradition. His work has developed steadily and his election to the Royal Academy in 1983 was recognition of that development. The sensitivity and sometimes sensuality in his work strikes an immediate appeal.