As a painter, Ken Spirduso combines the methods of the classical tradition with the
color of impressionism. In addition to his fine art work, he has many animated film credits
with Sullivan-Bluth Studios in Dublin, Ireland, Walt Disney Animation Studios-Florida,
and Project Firefly Animation in Orlando. Working as a layout artist, he designed back-
grounds for films such as Thumbelina, Trail Mix-up, The Lion King, Pocahontas,
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, Tarzan, John Henry, Lilo and Stitch, Brother Bear
and Curious George, and painted backgrounds for Brother Bear, My Peoples and Curious
George. Ken has created paintings for Walt Disney Imagineering, including murals that
appear in Cinderella’s Castle and a portrait of Cinderella that hangs in the Cinderella Suite.
He received a BFA in Illustration from the University of Kansas, studied for a summer in
Great Britain, and attended Atelier Lack in Minneapolis. Ken and his wife,Caroline, have two
children, Ian and Katherine.