Ken Moroney 1949

Ken Moroney was born in North London in 1949.  Ken is a gifted and versatile painter, his small oil studies being vigorously and swiftly executed.  The fluent technique is derived from the practice of painting “en plein air”, which gathered pace in the late 19th Century.  A number of British artists who painted in outdoors through to the 20th Century were many of the Newlyn School, artists such as Munnings and Amesby Brown, two artists with a deep feeling for paint and atmosphere who possessed a natural ability to capture scenes of light and movement in a matter of a few brushstrokes.  Edward Seago also displayed a similar capacity through the middle years of the 20th Century.  There are many elements of Moroney’s work which bring to mind this tradition, as well as the dash and colour of Continental painters such as the Belgian, Frans Smeers, even though he has not undertaken any formal training.  However, his work has featured in numerous exhibitions, including the Royal Academy.  Ken Moroney’s pictures, and his other working title of J.J.Bellman, have been collected by clients in the UK and internationally.  Patrick Kennaugh of Hollywood Road Gallery has sold Ken Moroney’s work since 1989 and his paintings are very popular with our clients.

Artwork by Ken Moroney