{"id":5199,"date":"2013-01-16T07:18:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/?p=5199"},"modified":"2013-01-16T07:18:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T15:18:03","slug":"painting-story-sunrise-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/painting-story-sunrise-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting Story – SUNRISE in South Africa and our True Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SUNRISE<\/a>\u00a0As an Artist, people often ask me where I get my inspiration from.<\/p>\n

Most all of my painting inspiration comes from nature and life.<\/p>\n

Being a surfer and a traveler takes me to some of the most amazing places on earth. These experiences in my life are real and authentic, they become part of my story.<\/p>\n

Art is so much more than painting pretty pictures,<\/strong> it is a different way of thinking and looking at the world.<\/p>\n

It is raw creativity and wonder. Art is the ability to articulate an idea, feeling, or story, to others.<\/p>\n

Here is a story about the SUNRISE painting I did after a surf trip to the other side of the world:<\/strong><\/p>\n

During a trip to South Africa, on the beautiful beach of Jeffery’s Bay, where the ocean is full of life and the waves seem to peel forever, I was inspired to paint the sunrise.<\/p>\n

One morning before dawn, after the coldest night of the year, I awoke to be the first to ride one of these magical waves. Standing in the dark, shivering in my wet-suit, I used my surfboard to block the icy winds. The crashing waves kept me company but I could not see them in the darkness. \u00a0Above me, millions of stars illustrated the vastness of the universe.<\/p>\n

As my mind began to wander, I felt cold and alone, as if I was nowhere in time or space, \u00a0just another soul or spec of light in the night sky so far from each other.<\/p>\n

Finally a tiny faint glow in the distance caught my eye, it steadily grew larger with every second and in a sudden burst, a tremendous wave of light raced across the sky. \u00a0In a fraction of second it erased the darkness and the millions of stars. I instantly felt the warmth of the light as the wave illuminated me. I embraced it and basked in it, it felt like God’s warm hands on my face.<\/p>\n

I was no longer alone, a new day had been born, the endless waves and our beautiful world came into view. \u00a0This is our true gift, every single day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The earth is our mother.<\/strong><\/em>
\n The sun is our father.<\/strong><\/em>
\n The ocean is where I was born and feel most at home, it calls to me.<\/strong><\/em>
\n I am a Son of the Sea.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Life is Good,<\/p>\n

Drew<\/p>\n

PS: \u00a0Now Sunrise is available on stickers, so you can take it with you anywhere you go – check it out in my Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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