OUT OF THE ORDINARY: THE ART OF PAUL MILOSEVICH Text by Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser, Foreword by Frank Waters Large 9.5" x 12", 175 page hardcover with dustjacket, Texas Tech University Press, ISBN # 0-89672-235-X, Second Printing, Copyright 1992 American painter Paul Milosevich was born in Trinidad, Colorado, in 1936, the youngest child in a large Croatian immigrant family living on a farm in the shadow of Fisher?s Peak mountain. He became interested in art, golf, and music at a young age, and went to Southern California for college. After receiving a degree from California State University, Long Beach, he studied further with Arthur Roy Mitchell, Wayne Thiebaud, Charles Reid, Bettina Steinke, and Ramon Froman. He became an art teacher, and has taught at Odessa College, Texas Tech University, and private workshops. Milosevich lived for years in Lubbock, Texas, where he became friends with influential artists and musicians. Milosevich is best known for his Southwest Realism style. He is a prolific artist, a master of portraits, landscapes, figures, and still life. Through sketches, paintings, drawings, short-hand journal entries, photographs, stories, and a shared love of music, Paul Milosevich is a keen observer and avid documentarian. Milosevich is also an avid golfer and fan, you can see the love of golf in his work. He was commissioned by the Professional Golfers' Association and 1999 Captain Ben Crenshaw to paint the official United States Ryder Cup team portrait. The United States Golf Association presented his portraits of Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino to the Royal and Ancient Golf Museum in St. Andrews, Scotland. The book is complete and in FINE condition with some overall light wear mainly to the dustjacket which has some edgewear on the top of the front cover. PAUL MILOSEVICH has signed his name on the front free endpaper.