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03 Dec

Posted at 09:47h in 50 Fascinations, Behind the Scenes... by
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38 of 50 Paint Studies CHASING WAVES WITH FUDO by Drew Brophy Dec 2 2015FOR 50 DAYS, I’M CREATING 50 PAINT STUDIES that reflect 50 things that fascinate me.

This is #38 of 50 in the #50Paintings Paint Studies series.

TITLE:  CHASING WAVES WITH FUDO

SIZE:  11″x 14″ paint pen on Fredrix Pro Archival Canvas Board.

Today’s painting is inspired by the idea of being on a boat, chasing waves, in far away places.

 

I added something different in the sky, inspired by my good friend Mark Longenecker (well known tattoo artist from Cocoa Beach, FL, and InkMasters TV Show star).

 

Mark was painting alongside me this morning, creating his own version of the Japanese Diety called FUDO.  So I added FUDO into my sky.

FUDO is said to convert anger into compassion and cuts the ties of negative feelings to liberate us from the suffering through self control.

This painting study is available – SOLD to Elsie in Mission Viejo, CA.

One of my goals with this series is to make original art affordable for those who want it.   If interested in adding tomorrow’s to your collection, please email info@drewbrophy.com or text or call 949-678-8133 asap!

I hope you enjoy this series.  Thanks for reading!

Life is Good –

Drew Brophy
Artist, illustrator, surfer
“It’s my job to make things look cool.”

04 Dec

Posted at 14:17h in Behind the Scenes..., Live Event Painting, Murals by
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Winding down from our five month trip across country, Maria and I decided to spend a week in Florida before driving back to San Clemente, California.

One of our Florida stops was to spend a few days at tattoo artist Mark Longenecker’s.

Mark is the guy I gave my first tattoo to (and my last), a couple years ago.

He’s the only person who could talk me into holding a tattoo machine and actually doing it.

Over the years, we’ve painted Escape Camper vans together and created tattoo flash together.

This time, Mark and I decided to paint a mural on the side of his Endless Summer Tattoo Shop.  The wall is facing A1A, the perfect place to put a mural.

Over wine the night before, Mark and I sat down and tried to brainstorm a design.  We threw out a few ideas.  We knew we wanted a wave and a sun.  But in the end, we decided to just wing it.

Collaboration with Mark Longenecker

The next day we laid out 120 cans of Mtn 94 Montana Spray paint and went to work on it.

While we painted, people were driving by on A1A honking their horns and yelling out the window, stoked.

The mural turned out pretty good – and we got it done in about eight hours.

Here’s a video of us painting it that Mark put together with his Go Pro:

ENDLESS SUMMER TATTOO MURAL, COCOA BEACH – Please leave a comment if you like it.

Life is Good – Drew

09 Nov

Posted at 10:20h in Press by
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Escape Camper Vans & CHALK Gallery provide an Artist exhibit and a live, on-site van painting with artists Drew Brophy, Cre8, Jim Darling, Mark Longenecker, Haiste, DJ Neff, Mark7,HEX, Siner, Justin Mitchell, and CANLOVE.  This Saturday, Nov 12th 5-10 p.m.
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 PRLog (Press Release) – Nov, 2011 – Escape Camper Vans has teamed up with CHALK Gallery to provide an Escape Artist exhibit and a live, on-site van painting for artists including Drew Brophy, Cre8, Jim Darling, Mark Longenecker, Haste, DJ Neff, Mark7,HEX, Siner, Justin Mitchell, and CANLOVE.

Escape Camper Van rents hundreds of wildly decorated vans, which are painted by some of the best surf, street and tattoo artists from Southern California and Florida.  The artists are given total freedom to paint anything they want on the vans, which makes for a wild variety of paintings that travel the country on wheels.

The Escape Artist show was created to spotlight their more personal works on canvas, surfboards and other mediums, as well as a representative painted van from each artist.  The painted vans will line the street of Venice Blvd.

The public is invited to watch as the artists team up and collaborate on a van painting, live, using mediums including spray paint, airbrush and Uni Posca paint pens.

When:   Saturday November 12, 2011 from 5 pm to 10 pm (rain or shine)
Where:   CHALK Gallery, 12513 Venice Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90066 424.228.2289
What:   Art Exhibit and live collaborative van painting by the artists; food, beverages, and selected Escape Vans on display.  Music performances from Mark7 and Aquaries, with a video music set by DJ Skitz.

CANLOVE, a recycling program for graffiti art, will also be present with their own works created solely from the discarded spray cans donated from places like ESCAPE.

About: CHALK is a creative group made up of designers, writers, producers and strategic thinkers. The studio is dedicated to creating new and original content to be showcased in the gallery. They love helping other local Venice artists and individuals express themselves and are open to collaborations of any kind.  For more information, CHALK  can be reached at holler@chalkla.com or call 424.228.2289 or http://www.chalkla.com

For information on Escape Camper Vans:  http://www.escapecampervans.com

Video of artists painting camper vans go to:  http://vimeo.com/30355477