Ken Moylan (b. 1957) Lago di Como (Lake Como) (1995) Masonite, wood veneers, oil paint, and modeling paste, 43 x 31 x 2inches Purchased with funds donated by the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation. Born in the small mining town of Eveleth, Minnesota, Ken Moylan began to paint at the age of four. While at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, he participated in a work-study program that placed him in the woodworking facility, an in his spare time he trained himself in woodcraft techniques. Moylan's distinctive creations combine the art of oil painting with the wood inlay technique intarsia, which involves hand-cutting and hand-sanding individual pieces of wood that are glued to a common backing.