{"id":5246,"date":"2013-02-15T18:17:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T02:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/?p=5246"},"modified":"2013-02-15T18:17:18","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T02:17:18","slug":"living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Living a Dream – Grand Strand Magazine Article"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dec-Jan 2012 Grand Strand Magazine did a 2-page feature titled\u00a0<\/span>LIVING A DREAM, Artist Drew Brophy’s career reflects the benefits of small-town community.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"GS-MagazineArticle begins like this:<\/p>\n

As a teenager, Myrtle Beach resident Drew Brophy had a simple dream: \u00a0he wanted to surf. \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

After a few paragraphs, moves into this:<\/p>\n

Brophy’s international career began with an impulsive trip to Mexico at age 20. \u00a0“I just really wanted to go to those places that I saw in Surfer Magazine,” says Brophy. \u00a0“I kind of felt stuck here; I didn’t fit in. \u00a0I just gambled and went to the gnarliest place I could think of to go surfing.” \u00a0Turns out, the surfers in Mexico fell in love with the innovative designs and techniques Brophy was using to paint his surfboards. \u00a0“A light bulb went off in my head,” explains Brophy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fast forward to the last section:<\/p>\n

Now, 19 years later, though Brophy has traveled the world and earned an international reputation for his art, he still values community and family above all else.<\/em><\/p>\n

It closes with:<\/p>\n

And as for his artistic success, Brophy humbly passes the credit to his hometown: \u00a0“It took a community to create a person like me.”<\/em><\/p>\n

To read the entire article, you’ll have to grab a copy of GS Magazine!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dec-Jan 2012 Grand Strand Magazine did a 2-page feature titled\u00a0LIVING A DREAM, Artist Drew Brophy’s career reflects the benefits of small-town community. Article begins like this: As a teenager, Myrtle Beach resident Drew Brophy had a simple dream: \u00a0he wanted to surf. \u00a0 After a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[252,301,365,375,560,586,673,1080],"class_list":["post-5246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press","tag-dec-2012","tag-feature","tag-grand-strand-magazine","tag-gs-mag","tag-living-a-dream","tag-magazine-article","tag-myrtle-beach","tag-south-carolina"],"yoast_head":"\nLiving a Dream - Grand Strand Magazine Article - Drew Brophy - Surf Lifestyle Art<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Drew\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/\",\"name\":\"Living a Dream - Grand Strand Magazine Article - Drew Brophy - Surf Lifestyle Art\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GS-Magazine-feature-Drew-Brophy-600x392.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-16T02:17:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-02-16T02:17:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/be3bd2d4d9853e9b465d9e019e2051c9\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GS-Magazine-feature-Drew-Brophy.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GS-Magazine-feature-Drew-Brophy.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":784},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/\",\"name\":\"Drew Brophy - Surf Lifestyle Art\",\"description\":\"Surfer, Artist, Illustrator\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/be3bd2d4d9853e9b465d9e019e2051c9\",\"name\":\"Drew\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda288dc3569beeea2893937159d977d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda288dc3569beeea2893937159d977d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Drew\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/author\/drew\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Living a Dream - Grand Strand Magazine Article - Drew Brophy - Surf Lifestyle Art","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Drew","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/","url":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/","name":"Living a Dream - Grand Strand Magazine Article - Drew Brophy - Surf Lifestyle Art","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GS-Magazine-feature-Drew-Brophy-600x392.jpg","datePublished":"2013-02-16T02:17:18+00:00","dateModified":"2013-02-16T02:17:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/be3bd2d4d9853e9b465d9e019e2051c9"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/living-a-dream-grand-strand-magazine-article\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GS-Magazine-feature-Drew-Brophy.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/GS-Magazine-feature-Drew-Brophy.jpg","width":1200,"height":784},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/","name":"Drew Brophy - Surf Lifestyle Art","description":"Surfer, Artist, Illustrator","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/be3bd2d4d9853e9b465d9e019e2051c9","name":"Drew","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda288dc3569beeea2893937159d977d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fda288dc3569beeea2893937159d977d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Drew"},"url":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/author\/drew\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}