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JOHN
COMER
It was in 1956 that John
moved to Southern California where he grew
up surfing the beaches of Orange County and
hiking the arroyos and hills. He received his
first box of oil-paints on his thirteenth birthday,
and has spent his life pursuing his passion…painting.
His professional career began in 1968 and has
been intermingled with sailing/painting voyages
to the Caribbean, Central America, Islands
of the Pacific and Africa.
 Training & Study
1991-1996 Painted with Ray
Strong. Santa Barbara,
1985 Painted with Julian Ritter. Maui, Hawaii
1969 University of California at Santa Barbara
1968 Santa Barbara City College
1966-1968 Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa
Solo
Exhibitions
2002 Waterhouse Gallery,
Santa Barbara, CA
1993-2000 George Stern Fine Arts. Los Angeles,
CA
1991 Young’s Fine Arts. Santa Barbara,
CA
1990 Main Gallery. Santa Barbara, CA
1988 De La Guerra Gallery. Santa Barbara, CA
1974-1975 Gallery De Silva. Montecito, CA
1973 Galleria Del Sol. Santa Barbara, CA
1972 Orange Coast College. Costa Mesa, CA
1968-1971 Galleria Del Sol. Santa Barbara,
1968 Kerri Schu Gallery. Newport Beach, CA
Selected
Group Exhibitions
1999-2003 “On Location
Malibu.” CAC. Weisman Museum, Pepperdine
University, Malibu California and Phippen Museum,
Prescott, Arizona.
2001-2003 Laguna Beach Plein Aire Painting
Invitational. Laguna Beach
1990-2003 Selected Oak Group Shows. California
1990-2003 Selected California Art Club Gold
Medal Shows. Pasadena
2002 “Land and Legacy.” Monterey
Museum of Art. Monterey
2002 “Light and Shadow.” Art Expressions
Gallery. San Diego
2000-2001 Fine Art Dealers of America. Los
Angeles
1999 “Three Visions.” George Stern
Fine Arts
1995 “Five Artists of California.” George
Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles
1995 “Landscape the Continuum.” Barnsdall
Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1994-1995 PAPA. Carmel, California and Avalon,
Catalina Island, California
1994 “Santa Barbara Land Grant Ranchos.” Ellen
Easton @ Casa De La Guerra, Santa Barbara
1992 “100 Years of Painting California.” Louis
Stern Gallery, Beverly Hills
 PUBLICATIONS
include:
“ On Location in Malibu.” Book
“ Ranchos.” Book
Southwest Art
Montecito Magazine
Surfer’s
Journal*
Décor
& Style Magazine*
CORPORATE
COLLECTIONS include:
Cottage Hospital
Trust Company of the West
The Nature Conservancy
Santa Cruz Island Foundation
Redwood California
ART AFFILIATIONS
The Oak Group
California Art Club
* © copyright Surfers Journal 1996 Vol 5 #4
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