Ken Melber is an Englishman who made Sarasota his new home in 2003. He was awarded a degree in Fine Art and the History of Art from the University of Kent UK more years ago than he cares to remember.

While his favorite subject matter creatively has always been landscapes, he is proud of the fact that he has never found a style and stuck to it. Therefore through the years his work has gone through many stylistic changes. He has exhibited all over the UK and in Africa where he worked in education for the British government for 11 years.

It was Arica, that he first began painting and producing illustrations of dilapidated and asymmetrical African shops and bars. On his return to UK he continued working as a landscape artist whilst undertaking commissions for the National Trust - the premier building conservation organization in the UK.

The artist's most recent exhibition was at the Brook street gallery in London’s West End.

Before his arrival in Florida, he was headmaster of a prestigious independent school in England. He loves sport especially soccer and the physically demanding rugby.

Many years ago when asked for a profound artistic statement to go in a catalogue to describe his work the response was” His paintings are delicate, sensitive and aesthetically stunning, he himself is none of those things.”

Currently, Ken would describe his paintings as an attempt to use the subject matter -- no matter what it is -- as the starting point to create an image that has total aesthetic balance.

A bit like Matisse who said that “art should be like sitting in a big comfortable armchair.”

During the last 10 years, Ken Melber has exhibited in London UK at:

The Chelsea Art Center
The Mall Galleries, Piccadilly
The Brook Street Gallery Mayfair
Also in the provinces at
Stantonbury Gallery, Milton Keynes
The Blakesly Gallery, Northampton
The Fenny Stratford Gallery, Bletchley
Aylesbury Art Centre, Buckinghamshire.

As an Art Historian, he has also taken 20+ art historical tours to Europe and lived to tell the tale.

To view Ken's portfolio of commissioned architectural drawings visit his website at:

architecturalart.artsourcestudio.com