ABOUT

His current work uses watercolor and ink to explore the nature of boundaries and growth: the edges of the physical world, in the case of his Sonoma County-inspired landscapes and florals; and liminal spaces of identity, language, and gender, in his more surreal work.

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Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, Ken was the first in his family to earn a bachelor’s degree. He’s a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., physics), Cornell University (M.S., physics), and University of Maryland—College Park (M.F.A., creative writing). He was in the first graduating class of CMU's Science & Humanities Scholars Program, and spent summers studying at MIT and CERN.

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He's the author of The Northern California Craft Beer Guide (with photography by his partner Anneliese Schmidt).

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Ken works predominantly with Beam Paints watercolor paintstones from the M’Chigeeng First Nation of Ontario, Canada (generously provided by Beam); Daniel Smith watercolor paints from Seattle, Washington; and Tombow Fudenosuke brush pens from Japan.