“During the late 1800’s and early 1900s, the Buffalo Soldiers were assigned to the harshest and most desolate posts. The Buffalo Soldiers fought the Indian Wars of the American West and established frontier outposts which have since become towns,” explained Adams. “Ken was an honorary Captain in the 9th Memorial U.S. Calvary Buffalo Soldiers and his paintings and sculptures of the Buffalo Soldiers are compelling works.”

“He was one of the rare people that realized that although in the document authorizing the forming of the all-black regiments, in 1866, stating that the Officers must be white, the all-white officers were just as much Buffalo Soldiers as the troops they commanded,” McCurtis said. “When Ken painted, he brought this spirit out in his subjects. Ken felt a special bond with the story of the Buffalo Soldiers and felt it needed to be told.