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Ken Auster

Ken Auster (1949 - 2016) was active/lived in California.  Ken Auster is known for Landscape-streets, coastal view.

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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 and did popular surfing scenes.

Intrigued by the landscape, he became a plein aire painter an   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2497 characters.]  Artist bio

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Downtown San Francisco (a pair)

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Night Time, Night Lights

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"The Wave"

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Excuse Me

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Cheezeburger in Paradise

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Love and Marriage

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