orn 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.
 

 ince 2001, he exhibits annually at Art Fair RDS 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 Visual Artists Ireland. He also directs the Oideas Gael School of Marine Painting in Glencolmcille in July each year.

 

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
2009 Irish Shipping Commemorative Exhibition - National Maritime College of Ireland, Cork.

 

 

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All works on this website (c) Kenneth King 2007 - 2012