Murals

14 Aug

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Drew Brophy sunrise mural art painting for Links in costa mesa californiaLast month Drew painted two murals back-to-back.  It’s funny, when it rains it pours…it all happened at once.

The first mural Drew painted was for Yogurt Wave, and you can read about by clicking on the link.

The second was for a company called LINKS in Costa Mesa, CA.  Our contact there, Tom, loved Drew’s painting called SUNRISE.  He’s also an avid fisherman.  So he wanted the mural to incorporate SUNRISE and fish somehow.  Drew pulled it off nicely.

Tom also wanted the wall adjacent to the mural to have a nice faux finish that would compliment the artwork.  And there are beams in the room that he asked Drew to paint to look like a big cross.  Check out the photos to see how it all turned out, below.

LINKS Big Wave MURAL FINISHED FAUX by Drew Brophy July 2010 011

The finished mural

After all this, I wrote a piece on my blog called PAINTING A WALL MURAL – TEN WAYS TO PLEASE YOUR CLIENT.  The article is based on what I learned by watching Drew handle his mural painting and his clients.  In the end, Tom was very very happy.  And so were we!

 

04 Jul

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Our new clients, Yogurt Wave, came to Drew for help creating a cool atmosphere in their new store.

The owners, Kerry and Tommy, envisioned a fun spot where action-sports minded kids would want to hang out.

Drew was their man to make it happen with his vibrant, energetic artwork. First they commissioned Drew just to paint a 46′ wall mural for their location in Costa Mesa, CA. But as we started working on the sketches, they then asked Drew to re-create their logo for them.

THE MURAL:

We knew this one was going to be tricky, so we flew in expert reinforcement all the way from (more…)

24 Jun

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eagles-in-the-city-finished-finished-eagle-painted-by-drew-brophyTHE 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…)

19 Jun

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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…)

24 Jan

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Wouldn't you love to surf this tube?

Would you love to surf this tube?

Our 36′ x 15′ mural is completed, and on time!

On this last day we ran into some problems, the kind that throws Drew into a fit and makes everyone around him just quietly back away…..

First, he wasn’t entirely excited about how the foilage was turning out.  But that was eventually remedied, which you’ll read in detail later in this article.

Then, a mini-disaster happened……  (more…)

22 Jan

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Paint, Axel!

Paint, Axel!

Details, details, and more details – when you reach this phase in a wall mural, the progression seems to go painfully slow……

Drew and Heather focused mostly on the wave and plants today – minor details, painstakenly slow to paint…..On the Wave:  Drew said he was working to get the wave to look like it was jumping out of the wall – to make it appear as realistic as possible.

On the Plants:  Drew sez “they will have the most detail, because (more…)

21 Jan

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Pipeline Wall Mural by Drew BrophyDay 3 – Drew & Heather started working on the details of the mural, the details of the waves, the whitewater and the plants.  They used a lot of sponges, small brushes & glazes.

Painting a mural is a building process, so it will, as Heather says, go through it’s “ugly phase”.  But it will all come together towards the end.

But time is running out – they need to be done by Friday, and like all big projects, everything is taking longer than expected.  Will it be done on time?  We’ll find out!  Click here to see photos of today’s work: (more…)