{"id":5505,"date":"2014-04-08T09:26:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T17:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/?p=5505"},"modified":"2014-04-08T09:26:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T17:26:07","slug":"painting-story-sunset-kelp-custom-surfboard-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/painting-story-sunset-kelp-custom-surfboard-artwork\/","title":{"rendered":"PAINTING STORY – Sunset Kelp Custom Surfboard Artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>One of my favorite things about surfboard paintings is making an art piece\/sculpture that reflects 25 years of being a production surfboard painter. \u00a0(Order your Commissioned Surfboard Painting here<\/a>)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n This painting, titled\u00a0SUNSET KELP<\/strong> was painted on a 7\u20190\u201d single fin swallow tail shaped by Ron House, with red tinted pigment.<\/p>\n SUNSET KELP surfboard art was inspired by the reefs off of San Clemente that I paddled two days before designing this painting. The water was ultra clear, and there were more garibaldi fish than I\u2019ve ever seen before.<\/span><\/p>\n It was a beautiful sunset that afternoon.\u00a0 The only thing missing was giant waves. So I used my imagination and painted what I wished the waves looked like.<\/p>\n My best work comes from this type of encounter.\u00a0 The painting flows easily when I\u2019m inspired by real events<\/strong>.\u00a0 I don\u2019t mock them up with computers.\u00a0 I don\u2019t try to impress anyone with fancy embellishments.<\/p>\n I just love to surf and surfboards have been my canvas since the beginning.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n This surfboard was a commissioned piece for a video game designer named Colm. \u00a0Colm\u00a0loves surfing and fish.\u00a0 He and his wife, Yumee, met me about ten years ago when I did a live painting at a surf shop in Santa Cruz.\u00a0 I used to tour surf shops all over the world and leave a little piece of my art with the community.\u00a0 I met Colm and Yumee way back then and gave them a poster, and that day they decided that they wanted to own one of my original boards one day.<\/p>\n Maria and I hand delivered the painting to Yumee. \u00a0She surprised Colm with it for his birthday. \u00a0He was so stoked, he sent us a picture of him with it! \u00a0<\/p>\n Life is good, \u00a0Drew<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of my favorite things about surfboard paintings is making an art piece\/sculpture that reflects 25 years of being a production surfboard painter. \u00a0(Order your Commissioned Surfboard Painting here) This painting, titled\u00a0SUNSET KELP was painted on a 7\u20190\u201d single fin swallow tail shaped by Ron…<\/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":[5],"tags":[213,246,344,487,987,1144],"class_list":["post-5505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behind-the-scenes","tag-colm-nelson","tag-custom-surfboard-painting","tag-garibaldi-fish","tag-kelp","tag-san-clemente-coast","tag-sunset-kelp"],"yoast_head":"\n