Author: Maria Brophy

07 Oct The Big Sell-Out Question

Posted at 14:38h in Tips & How To by Maria Brophy 7 Comments

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I knew this day would come. In the twenty years of Drew being an artist, we hadn’t heard anyone call him a sell-out. Until now.

SELL-OUT. The words make me cringe. Usually uttered by uninformed or jealous people who don’t know what it means.

The accusation was on a blog that chooses one poor soul every week to be his “SELL-OUT OF THE WEEK.” And every person he chooses for that column just happens to be successful.

It really irritated me. (Drew, of course, laughed it off.)

The article implied that Drew is selling-out because he allows his art to go (more…)

04 Oct 2-Day PAINT PEN Workshop with Drew – Date to be Announced

Posted at 09:50h in Shows & Events by Maria Brophy 3 Comments

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Sign up for this 2-DAY WORKSHOP to paint just about anything with Drew Brophy’s Paint Pen Techniques! Date to be Announced – sometime in 2010.

Bring your canvas, paper, surfboard, skateboard, helmet, just about anything to paint on in this hands-on workshop!

Drew will share his tried and true techniques on painting with water based paint markers.

In this hands-on workshop Drew will Demonstrate: (more…)

01 Oct Do you worry about people stealing your art?

Posted at 08:49h in Tips & How To by Maria Brophy 12 Comments

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Do you worry about your art being stolen? Some creative types worry about this incessantly.

The progressive, successful ones don’t.

THE OLD WAY OF THINKING: The old way was to fiercely guard your images from any possible unauthorized use, even if it meant not letting many people see them.

I had an older gentleman tell me that he was afraid to put his paintings on the internet, for fear of someone stealing his ideas!

I told him that was the least of his worries; (more…)

01 Oct Artist Lecture Series-10 Success Principles Nov. 20, 2009

Posted at 03:45h in Lectures or Workshops, Tips & How To, Wheres Drew by Maria Brophy 0 Comments

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Photo by Aaron Bickford

Join Drew Brophy at the Artist Lecture Series:

10 SUCCESS PRINCIPLES FOR ARTISTS

When: Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 6:00-7:30 pm

Where: San Clemente Center for the Arts 1531 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, CA

Cost: $10.00

Sign up: Call 949-369-6603 Space is limited–call to reserve a spot (more…)

28 Sep Money Talks, BullHockey Walks (Weeding out the Not-so-Serious)

Posted at 09:52h in Tips & How To by Maria Brophy 6 Comments

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Drew and Maria in Studio

The following is an excerpt from a chapter in my forthcoming book titled The Brophy Principles – A Brutally Honest Business Guide for Creative Types:

We get crazy proposals almost daily, from people who want to use Drew’s art and fame to help sell their products. And that’s our job – to make things look cool.

I know that many a good deal can be a diamond in the rough, so I make it a point to entertain every idea, even the ones that sound downright stupid.

The problem, however, is that some of these proposals come from people who don’t have capital ($$). They want to hang out, talk to Drew for hours about their new venture, and pick his brain for ideas. Then they disappear. Drew would rather be painting.

BUT – THERE ARE WAYS TO WEED OUT THE SERIOUS FROM THE BULL-HOCKERS.

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21 Sep Pinstriping and Kustom Graphics Mag – Graffitti Feature of Van Painting

Posted at 09:57h in Press by Maria Brophy 3 Comments

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Pinstriping and Kustom Graphics Magazine did a feature on Drew’s painting of one of the Escape Camper Vans. (Buy your copy here.)

We were stoked about the article, however, they omitted photo credit to Michael R. Foley, who took all of the amazing photos. So we are giving Mike his credit due right here!