{"id":6829,"date":"2017-03-03T08:10:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T16:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/?p=6829"},"modified":"2017-03-03T08:10:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T16:10:37","slug":"painting-story-gnarly-octopus-dirty-heads-summer-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/painting-story-gnarly-octopus-dirty-heads-summer-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"PAINTING STORY: Gnarly Octopus and the Dirty Heads Summer Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>“Three-fifths of an octopus’ neurons are not in their brain, but in their arms; each arm has a mind of its own<\/span><\/em>.”  Sy Montgomery<\/span><\/p>\n

GNARLY OCTOPUS<\/a> is painted on at 24″ x 36″ Fredrix Canvas, mixed media.  <\/p>\n

The painting is a play on the band Dirty Heads’ mascot, the octopus.  In this painting, the octopus is eating Magical Butter off of a spoon.  (Scroll down to see the video of me painting this.)<\/p>\n

All of this stuff comes from my imagination, naturally.  People think I take drugs, but I don’t.  My natural state is wide open.<\/p>\n

In real life, I see shapes, expressions and bright colors that most people don’t see. I put these things into my paintings.<\/p>\n

Would love to send this octopus to a good home.  You can buy it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some of my paintings are created as illustrations for a particular use.<\/strong>  It works like this – my illustration client will buy the rights to use the digital artwork and then I’ll keep the actual paintings to sell to my collectors later.<\/p>\n

I create my illustrations old-school and paint them on canvas so that they will make for a collectible piece of art.<\/p>\n

The actual painting doesn’t have lettering or anything on it that will take away from it as art – it’s designed so that it will make for art that will be hung.  <\/p>\n

It’s a great program, because I have been able to turn most of my illustrations into art that is collected by people around the world.  Over time, many have become a little slice of history.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Usually, I’ll only take on art commissions that I know I’ll enjoy.   If something comes along that I won’t like, I turn it down.  You only do your best work if you’re having fun.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today’s painting, the Gnarly Octopus<\/a>, was one of three paintings that I created for Magical Butter.  They wanted artwork for a 2016 summer concert tour for Sublime with Rome and the Dirty Heads.<\/p>\n

I loved working with Magical Butter, because they are a company of fun people who are creative and open to new ideas.  And, listening to the bands’ music kept me going through the process.  It was a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

If you want to talk to me or Maria before deciding to add Gnarly Octopus to your collection, call or text the studio at 949-678-8133.<\/p>\n