‘A beautiful remembrance’

Ken Auster was remembered with a paint-out and a paddle-out in Laguna Beach.

LAGUNA BEACH — Those who knew Ken Auster say Sunday’s celebration of his life was the perfect “Ken moment,” combining his passion for the things he most loved — art and surfing.

The event — held by the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association — included a morning paint-out at Main Beach and an afternoon paddle-out from Heisler Park’s Picnic Beach.

“This is the best of the best,” said Paulette Martinson Auster, his wife, before heading out at Picnic Beach for the paddle-out near Bird Rock. “It’s a beautiful remembrance of his life. He loved art. He was a waterman.”

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