California Light: A Century of Landscapes Paintings of the California Art Club
2011Stern, Jean and Molly Siple (Skira Rizzoli Publisher)
276 pages (color)
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1949 - 2016. Known for: Landscape-streets, coastal view.
Raised in Long Beach, Ken Auster early established a reputation as the surfers' artist, having designed and executed numerous surfer-motif tee shirts in silk screen. He was swept up in the surfing... Read full biography
Raised in Long Beach, Ken Auster early established a reputation as the surfers' artist, having designed and executed numerous surfer-motif tee shirts in silk screen. He was swept up in the surfing craze, which led him to Hawaii where he worked for a T-shirt company and learned screen painting.... Read full biography
Raised in Long Beach, Ken Auster early established a reputation as the surfers' artist, having designed and executed numerous surfer-motif tee shirts in silk screen. He was swept up in the surfing craze, which led him to Hawaii where he worked for a T-shirt company and learned screen painting. These skills supported him when he returned to California and majored in illustration at California State University, Long Beach. He worked from a garage and printed hundreds of commercial T-shirts, which... Read full biography
Raised in Long Beach, Ken Auster early established a reputation as the surfers' artist, having designed and executed numerous surfer-motif tee shirts in silk screen. He was swept up in the surfing craze, which led him to Hawaii where he worked for a T-shirt company and learned screen painting. These skills supported him when he returned to California and majored in illustration at California State University, Long Beach. He worked from a garage and printed hundreds of commercial T-shirts, which became a large operation called California T-Shirts. For more than a decade, the shirt is became signature casual wear for surfers and were sold through 26 of Auster's retail outlets. In the 1980s, the business fell apart, which was a relief to him... Read full biography
Raised in Long Beach, Ken Auster early established a reputation as the surfers' artist, having designed and executed numerous surfer-motif tee shirts in silk screen. He was swept up in the surfing craze, which led him to Hawaii where he worked for a T-shirt company and learned screen painting. These skills supported him when he returned to California and majored in illustration at California State University, Long Beach. He worked from a garage and printed hundreds of commercial T-shirts, which became a large operation called California T-Shirts. For more than a decade, the shirt is became signature casual wear for surfers and were sold through 26 of Auster's retail outlets. In the 1980s, the business fell apart, which was a relief to him because his interest had turned to fine art. He moved to Laguna Beach and after creating collages and serigraphs, he began oil painting... Read full biography
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Karol Mack: The History, The Sublime, The Paintings
2010Berney, Charlotte; Brian C. Mack, Pat McKee, James H. Pickering143 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesCrystal Cove Cottages: Island in Time on the California Coast
2005Steen, Karen E., Laura Davick and Meriam Braselle159 pages (color)Enchanted Isle: A History of Plein-Air Painting in Santa Catalina Island
2003Stern, Jean; Roy C. Rose and Molly Siple256 pages (color)Art of the American West
1999Linscott, Caroline; Julie Christiansen-Dull144 pages (color)Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997Southwest Art128 pages