Ken Messer

Ken J. Messer (1931–2018) was a British watercolour painter and draughtsman.

Ken Messer was born in Newport, South Wales, and was educated at the City of Oxford High School for Boys in Oxford, where he spent much of his time during his life.

Prints of Messer's artworks have been published by the Burford Gallery, Kingfisher Prints, Rosenstiels, and Templecrest Art. His work has been shown at Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours annual exhibitions, held at the Mall Galleries, the base of the Federation of British Artists in London. Messer won prizes at three consecutive biennial international Saunders Artist in Watercolour competitions and in The Artist magazine watercolour competition.

Ken Messer was married to Dilys Lloyd. They lived in Richmond upon Thames, southwest London, and then the town of Abingdon on the River Thames, south of Oxford. They had two sons and one daughter together.