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I’m stoked to say my t.v. show THE PAINT SHOP is now airing to over 4.2 MILLION households in CA and AZ, and that number is growing because more and more networks are picking it up.

Upcoming episodes will be featuring other artists.  We just finished shooting episode 4, which featured famous Florida Tattoo Artist Mark Longnecker giving a tattoo to another surf artist, Jenn Holmberg, in my studio.  That same episode has me and Longnecker driving around LA checking out some of the great street art and artists.  We’re also painting vans for Escape Camper vans in LA.

Here’s a 30 second commercial that gives an idea of what the shows about.  I’m posting this for my friends and family that are far away and can’t yet tune in:

Drew Brophy and Longnecker ion Cocoa BeachWe spent a night at famous tattoo artist Mark Longnecker’s killer crib.

Talk about LIVING THE GOOD LIFE, Mark Longnecker has it figured out.

He has a great house in Cocoa Beach (complete with pool and music room), owns the top tattoo shop in the area, Endless Summer Tattoo, and he can walk to his surf spot whenever he wants.

Our plan was to hang out with Mark and go watch the 1:30 a.m. space shuttle launch from the sand.

They say that the sky lights up and it’s an amazing thing to see – something you don’t want to miss.

But, nothing really goes according to plan… (more…)

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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…)