KEN AUSTER
BORN
1949, Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
California State University, Long Beach, CA
AFFILIATIONS
Signature member-California Art Club, CA
Signature member -Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, CA
Signature member- Plein Air Painters of America
AWARDS & HONORS
2002 "First Place" Laguna Art Museum Lincoln Plein Air Invitational, CA
2000 "First Place" 2nd Annual Laguna Invitational Plein Air Painting Competition, CA
1998 "First Place" Millard Sheets Plein Air, Pomona, CA
1998 "First Place" Sights of Santa Ana & Scenes of Orange County-Bowers Museum of Cultural Art and City of Santa Ana, Santa Ana, CA
1997 "First Place" "Best of Show" Sights of Santa Ana & Scenes of Orange County-Bowers Museum of Cultural Art and City of Santa Ana, Santa Ana, CA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
City of Santa Ana, Santa Ana, CA
Disney, Tokyo, Japan
Festival of Arts Corporation, Laguna Beach, CA
Jean Stern, Irvine, CA
Joan Irvine Smith, Irvine, CA
Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
Mission Viejo Company, Mission Viejo, CA
Shell Oil Irvine, Irvine, CA
Western Exterminator, Anaheim, CA
Yamaha Corporation, Japan
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Iron Horse Literary Review, "First Frost, 2001" Texas Tech., University, Vol. 3,No. 1, 2001, Cover Art
Los Angeles Times, "Orange County People" Thursday July 20, 2000 B8 R
Southwest Art "Best of the West" March 2000
Southwest Art "Art Trends" February 2000
Southwest Art "A Leap of Faith" March 1999
Southwest Art "Market Report" October 1997
Southwest Art "Milestones" November 1997
REPRESENTED BY
Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
MJW Fine Art, Balboa Island, CA
New Masters, Carmel, CA
The Red Piano Art Gallery, A Morris Whiteside Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC
Thomas Reynolds Gallery, San Francisco, CA
It's not my job
Ken Auster
20" x 20" Oil on Panel
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
"Restaurants offer a unique opportunity for the painter. The warmth and personal moments that people share can be punctuated with interesting dialog or humorous captions."
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