Tune into Wedding Day on Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. PST on TNT. Check your local listings for the channel and the time in other time zones.
In this episode of The Wedding Day, Drew stokes out the lucky couple getting married in Maui by painting a surfboard that encapsulates their lives together!
Check it out! For more information on Wedding Day, go to http://www.tnt.tv/series/weddingday/display/?contentId=47249
“Celebrate America”From SIGG Press Release:
ON THE 4TH OF JULY 2009, SIGG LAUNCHED A SPECIAL LIMITED-EDITION COLLECTOR’S SERIES.
The historical election in the USA has inspired people around the globe, from Switzerland to Swaziland. To recognize the global enthusiasm for the rebirth of the American Dream, Sigg introduced “Celebrate America”, a limited-release collection of six specially designed SIGG bottles.
“The images on the six bottles, with designs by renowned American artists such as Keith Haring and Drew Brophy, celebrate daily life in the United States – from coast to coast, and from the big surf to the open prairies. (more…)
The Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing was crazy, as usual.
When I say Crazy, I mean, tons of almost-naked girls walking around, tatted up bodies everywhere and just plain old debauchery!
But, we had one mission there, and that was to show an audience at the Sacred Craft Booth how easily you can dress up your surfboard with spray paints and paint pens.
Somehow, Drew got roped into painting flowers on girls, and after about the 4th one, I had to put a stop to it because they were lining up! (We were thirsty, we would have been there all day….)
Girls lining up for Drew to paint on them!
Afterwards, we gave out about 100 of our $18.00 art prints and stickers and Drew signed autographs and was interviewed by a t.v. crew.
The weather was hot, so an ice cold beer at Surfline.com’s party afterwards was greatly appreciated!
See you next year, U.S. Open!
Interview with PERK
This one took 12 minutes to paint!
For more info on the event, click here
This was a tough crowd!
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Stupid advice has brought down more artists than you can imagine. It can hinder you from achieving your goals.
"Ruby's Dilemma" painting by Tom Laura - it's Mature!
Some “well meaning” people will give advice, not knowing how bad it is.
And others, well, they are bitter and their advice comes from a place of anger.
If you are going to take advice from someone, take it from a person who has already achieved what you are striving for.
Don’t take advice from someone who has failed, because their advice may just get you to where they are: failure.
Here’s a short list of some of the worst advice we’ve received over the years: (more…)
I knew when Mark Longnecker called Drew and said “I’m coming to San Clemente” – it was going to be trouble.
You see, Mark is a wild tattoo artist from Cocoa Beach, Fl.
He has this cool, calm energy about him but he’s full of surprises.
(He owns the popular ENDLESS SUMMER TATTOO shop in Cocoa Beach.)
I call him trouble, because out of all of Drew’s friends, Mark Longnecker is the only one that actually can get Drew (more…)
The July 2009 SPIN MAGAZINE has a page titled “TOYS OF SUMMER” which includes cameras, watches, shopper bags and a Drew Brophy Surfboard.
The Drew Brophy surfboard painting shown in this magazine is titled “Flying Fish” and was sold for $14,000 in a Surfrider Foundation New York auction.
This issue of Spin Magazine also has an insightful article on the elusive talent, Prince, and the making of his Purple Rain Movie back in 1984.
The most intriquing trait about Prince was (more…)
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED!
It was an adventure, this Eagle painting.
Drew thought he’d have it completely painted in 2-3 days. (It took 5.)
(Drew figured if he can paint a van in one day, he could paint an Eagle in two….)
So, the lovely Noelle Quinn, owner of HtO Surf Shop (and sponsor of this Eagle for the Charity) flew us up to Victoria for 5 days.
We were sure that 5 days would give us plenty of time for Drew to paint the Eagle, and still have time to surf and explore this beautiful area of south west Canada.
Here’s the layout of the adventure: (more…)
A little help from HtO Staff!
Okay, we greatly under-estimated the amount of time it will take to paint this Eagle!
The plan was this: Paint for 3 days, then go to Noelle’s cabin in the country, surf a couple days, then go home.
But, things didn’t go as planned…… (more…)
Drew started painting the Eagle at 10:00 in the morning and kept going until 6:00. He took occasional breaks to sign prints.
We thought he’d have more color on it by the end of day 2, but we underestimated the size of the canvas. It was a lot of (more…)
Mick, Drew and the Fiberglass Eagle
We arrived Victoria Airport this morning and as usual, we had “Criminal” stamped on our foreheads and were “randomly” chosen for a criminal security check.
I knew Drew should have shaved this morning!
Being last through immigration, we walked out and Noelle and Mick from HtO Surf were (more…)