{"id":5902,"date":"2014-09-22T16:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/?p=5902"},"modified":"2014-09-22T16:00:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T00:00:50","slug":"find-niche-surf-art-surfcareers-com-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/find-niche-surf-art-surfcareers-com-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"How did you find your Niche in Surf Art – SurfCareers.com Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Drew<\/a>

Painting the Los Cabos Open of Surfing Surfboard<\/p><\/div>\n

This is an excerpt from a Drew Brophy interview with SurfCareers.com – to read the entire article go to: \u00a0Drew Brophy Surf Careers Interview<\/a><\/p>\n

When did you start surfing?<\/strong>
\nI was about four or five years old.<\/p>\n

What is it that you love about surfing?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s just me and nature, and the energy of the earth.<\/p>\n

Do you have a session that stands out as your most memorable?<\/strong>
\nHard to choose. I\u2019ve surfed all of the best waves in the world, I have great memories of all of them.<\/p>\n

When did you first get into art and did you always want to pursue it as a career?<\/strong>
\nI used to draw on the walls when I was a child. I drew on everything. I just did what I did best. Surfing and art were my passions, and that\u2019s where I put my focus.<\/p>\n

How did you find your niche in surfboard art?
\n<\/strong>I love to surf, and I always painted my own surfboards.\u00a0 People started asking me to paint theirs.\u00a0<\/strong>In the late 80\u2019s, I was painting my own surfboards using techniques with Uni Posca Paint Pens that no one else was doing or cared about at the time. I developed my own style of painting with Poscas, and I knew it was the better way to paint surfboards. It took years before others caught on. I never gave up on my vision, though it did not come easy. Early on, I painted production boards, traditional airbrush style, for H2O glassing and Kelly Richards\u2019 Perfection Surfboards, in Myrtle Beach, SC.<\/p>\n

Then I moved to Hawaii, airbrushing surfboards at Bill Barnfield\u2019s Pro Glass in Haleiwa on the North Shore for the best surfers and shapers in the world.\u00a0 Brands like\u00a0Channel Islands<\/a>,\u00a0Rusty<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Brewer<\/a>\u00a0and surfers like\u00a0Tom Curren<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Tom Carroll<\/a>.\u00a0 This was a big jump for me, coming from South Carolina. I was in the thick of the industry, and I was in my early 20\u2019s.<\/p>\n

But, what I really wanted to do was paint surfboards using my own style and paint pen techniques, but none of the companies would let me.\u00a0 The local underground chargers on the North Shore wanted it, but the companies held it back. While in Hawaii, I had approached all the best surfboard companies, asking if I could paint their boards using Poscas. No one would let me, my art was too radical. I was turned down by\u00a0T & C<\/a>,\u00a0Local Motion<\/a>, all the big companies at that time. Nobody cared about what I was doing.<\/p>\n

Eventually I moved to California, painting at Ron House\u2019s Surf Glass in San Juan Capistrano.\u00a0 There,\u00a0Stewart<\/a>,\u00a0Hobie<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Harbour<\/a>surfboards, among others, were being made.\u00a0 At that time, it was the busiest surfboard factory in the world; it ran 24 hours a day. For a surfboard painter, this was a dream job.\u00a0 There was always plenty of work.\u00a0 But I still wanted to paint using my own style, so I continued to seek out other surfboard companies to let me paint my way.\u00a0 I approached\u00a0Spyder<\/a>\u00a0Surfboards, one of the biggest brands at the time, and just like the companies in Hawaii, they didn\u2019t get what I wanted to do and told me \u201cno\u201d.<\/p>\n

One day, on my bike ride home from Surf Glass, I stopped to meet artist Matt Biolos, an edgy, up and coming surfboard shaper.\u00a0 We were the same age, and his art was really cool.\u00a0 He was the only person I had seen who was painting with the Poscas, the same as me. He made surfboards for all the young guys.\u00a0 My art was a perfect match for the vibe of\u00a0\u2026Lost Surfboards<\/a>\u00a0at the time. Matt got it!\u00a0 I started painting \u2026Lost surfboards that day.\u00a0 Matt would let me paint whatever I wanted.\u00a0 I would paint ten boards traditional style at Surf Glass, and then at the end of the day I\u2019d go to \u2026Lost where Matt would have surfboards waiting for me, and I\u2019d paint them in my own style.They were an instant hit with the new breed of surfers. Within six months, my art and \u2026Lost Surfboards began to take over the surf market.\u00a0 That was 1996.\u00a0 And the rest is history.\u00a0 Surfboards were changed forever.<\/p>\n

Do you recall when your pieces first started receiving widespread response?
\n<\/strong>Yes, it was in the late 1990\u2019s, when I started painting, live, at the surf trade shows.\u00a0 \u2026Lost would exhibit at Surf Expo and other shows. The surfboards were never finished in time before the show for me to paint them.\u00a0 So my solution was for me to paint, live, at the shows.\u00a0 What surprised me was\u00a0……<\/p>\n

READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE HERE: \u00a0http:\/\/surfcareers.com\/blog\/drew-brophy-artist\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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