Kenneth William David Jack AM MBE RWS, (5 October 1924 – 10 June 2006) was an Australian watercolour artist who specialised in painting the images of an almost forgotten outback life: old mine workings, ghost towns, decaying farm buildings.

The son of Harold James Jack (1901–1977), and Ethel Gertrude Jack (1892–1950), née Orr,^[1] Kenneth William David Jack was born in Malvern on 5 October 1924.^[2]

His son-in-law Fred Schmidt is also an Australian watercolour artist.

He became a professional painter at the age of 39 after giving up his job as senior instructor at the Caulfield Institute of Technology, and continued as a prolific painter until his death in June 2006.

• 1977: elected to the Royal Watercolour Society.
• 1982: awarded the MBE: "for service to the arts".^[3]
• 1987: awarded the Order of Australia (AM): "for service to the arts, particularly to watercolour painting".^[4]

The Kenneth Jack Memorial Drawing Award was established in his honour in 2007 by The Australian Guild of Realist Artists. The inaugural winner was Margaret Gurney.^[5]

Kenneth Jack's works can be found in these collections:

• Royal Collection at Windsor.
• Victoria and Albert museum.
• National Gallery of Australia.
• The Australian War Memorial
• The capital city collections of every Australian state.