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in Dublin, Kenneth King was commissioned into the
Royal Navy as a Chaplain and served in the Arctic,
Atlantic, Mediterranean and Far East waters. He
began painting full-time in 1976, specialising in
the naval and merchant shipping of Ireland,
together with the country's coastline and
lighthouses.
His
work has been commissioned by State and Private
sector shipping interests, by the R.N.L.I., An
Post, B.I.M., and the Office of Public Works. His
works are also to be found in the collections of
the Irish Navy, the Marine Institute, Shannon
Estuary Ports, Killybegs' Fishermen's Organisation
and the Maritime Institute of Ireland as well as
in numerous private collections both at home and
abroad.
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1983 he has exhibited annually in Wexford during
the International Opera Festival there and, since
2001, at the annual Art Ireland Fair in the R.D.S.
in November. A collection of his work is on view
in his studio-gallery in Glencolmcille throughout
the year.
Married with a family, Kenneth King lives and
works in Glencolmcille, Co. Donegal, not far from
the premier fishing port of Killybegs. From an
artistic background, his father was the late
Richard J. King, Stained-glass artist and
Designer. He is a member of the Maritime Institute
of Ireland and of the Fleet Air Arm Officers'
Association.
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Recent Theme Exhibitions
1996 Irish Merchant Shipping involved in the
Famine Emigration 1846 - 1851
1998 The Naval actions off Mayo and Donegal,
August - October 1798
2000 Maritime Ireland - 20th Century
2003 Irish Merchant ships sunk through
belligerent action during the Second World War
2005 Of Ships and Lights, Sirius Arts Centre,
Cobh, Co. Cork
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