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1985/86	Ken creates a dramatic portrait in egg tempera of Alex Baumann, Canada's double gold medalist swimmer at the '84 Los Angeles Olympics. Ken contributes considerable on-going time as a member of various boards - including six years with the Canada Council for the Arts, in Ottawa.   For the first time since the early '60s, Ken decides to return to working in oil as well as his regularly used media. Oil enables him to work on a much larger scale - a desire resulting from his recent travels - especially his ocean experiences.
1987	Ken is commissioned to create a painting commemorating the Canadian Football League's 75th Anniversary of the annual Grey Cup Championship. For a few weeks the historic trophy resides in his studio as he works on the painting that is simply titled, The Grey Cup.
1988/89	In April, Ken presents large new oil paintings in an exhibition at Gallery Moos, in Soho, New York.   The collection includes a number of major seascapes and figure works, as well as a portrait of his friend, music legend, Gordon Lightfoot.
1990	The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame engages the artist to create watercolour portraits of inaugural inductees; Hank Snow, Gordie Tapp, Myrna Lorrie, Dallas Harms and Ray Griff. Hank Snow poses for Ken in his dressing room at the Grand Ol' Opry in Nashville.
1991	Ken is appointed by the Government of Canada, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Canada, on which he serves for the next four and a half years.
1992/93	A number of special projects are undertaken, some of which are utilized as fundraising campaigns for charitable organizations. One such work is Ken's watercolour entitled Pulling Together, which is reproduced in a signed limited edition to benefit the United Way campaign.   Ken creates a special portrait of his friend, retired hockey legend Bobby Orr. Bobby poses on the ice of the old Boston Garden. Ken brings the folding director's chair from home to ensure having one available to accommodate his unusual concept. The portrait is titled Bobby Orr - Garden of Dreams.
1994	The threat of an environmental disaster prompts the artist to lead a two year campaign against a proposed landfill site to be located just one mile upriver from his studio. Ultimately, in 1996, geological test results support the campaign group's arguments and the battle is won - but not without having imposed a considerable cost to Ken's creative time.

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