August 17th, 2008 By Maria "Spunk" Brophy | Filed under Business of Art Tips | Comments (3)
Licensing is a clever way to get paid for the same piece of art over and over again. This means, you paint it once and it continues to make money for you, even after you’re dead!
PERSONAL EXAMPLE: About 80% of our income comes from licensing Drew’s art. (See Sigg Bottle to your left). The image on the bottle titled “PURE JOY” was painted in 1998 and the original was sold to a collector from LA at an exhibit at The Surf Gallery in 98′. I think we sold that painting for about $500, but we’ve licensed the image for so many different products over the years, it’s earned us approximately $450,000 to date, and continues to be a popular, iconic image.
So, what do you need to do license your art? Click on the “more” link for our 6 tips: (more…)
August 16th, 2008 By Maria "Spunk" Brophy | Filed under Media | Comments (0)
Juxtapoz Review of “Paint Pen Techniques with Drew Brophy” DVD - shortened version:
“In terms of instructional DVDs, they don’t get much better than this…….this DVD covers all the basics. It’s easy to follow along……After a few hours honing my technique with Brophy, I may go paint that motorcycle in the parking lot. The rest of the staff won’t mind.”
-EP August 2008 Issue
August 13th, 2008 By Maria "Spunk" Brophy | Filed under Tripping! | Comments (0)
Continental Airlines SUCKS. Big time!
We were flying home Monday from Myrtle Beach. Our first flight was 6 hours late, so we missed our connecting flight to LAX in Newark. Continental guy “Christopher” says “oh, we can’t get you out of Newark until Wednesday!”
And then proceeded to tell us that Continentals “only obligation to us is to get passengers from point A to point B safely” and not to do anything else, like, say, get us a place to sleep?
Oh, but our LUGGAGE made it to LA on Monday. So, we had to wear the same clothes for a few days…..BUT WE MADE THE BEST OF IT IN REGULAR BROPHY STYLE - WE rented a car, drove to Michael Jordan’s house in Rumsen, and spent the next day in N.Y. City! (more…)
August 7th, 2008 By Maria "Spunk" Brophy | Filed under Behind the Scenes...., Media | Comments (2)
This painting titled “SUNRISE” by Drew is part of an exhibit at John Wayne Aiport (SNA), California. The Surfing Heritage Foundation put together a beautiful surf inspired exhibit. (more…)
August 4th, 2008 By Maria "Spunk" Brophy | Filed under Paint Your World Tour | Comments (1)
Pamela
Our workshop was held at Todd & Cate Sutz’ Island Inspired Surf Shop in Myrtle Beach. We had people travel from as far as Miami and Ponte Vedra Beach, FL for it! (Thanks for making the trip, Pamela and George)
A 6 hour workshop just isn’t enough time! People who came had a blast, they learned hands-on from Drew how to fine tune their paint pen techniques. Most of the people are talented, seasoned artists! Read on: (more…)
August 1st, 2008 By Maria "Spunk" Brophy | Filed under Paint Your World Tour | Comments (1)
Our last tour stop on the East Coast for 2008! Drew’s tired of painting, so he tricked Al McWhite into showing up and then put him to work!
Al was cool about it, though. Although we haven’t heard from him since…….
Locals hung out for the demo…..Cheddar, the artist (check out his myspace page here), John the grommie surfer musician and Tate, Coastal Carolina new guy and Bonefish Grill worker.
Click “more” to see all the funny photos: (more…)
July 30th, 2008 By Maria "Spunk" Brophy | Filed under Random, Friends & Customers, Tripping! | Comments (1)
This has got to be our best day this summer! We left Hobcaw to go Kyaking in the North Inlet to a desolate barrier island called North Island.
Scott and Deanna Benston took us on this trip. They have these excursions you can sign up for through Surf the Earth. There’s usually a waiting list - now I know why! It’s amazing, the scenery, the wildlife, the experience.
Check out photos - and the SHARK we saw! Click on more: (more…)
July 29th, 2008 By Maria "Spunk" Brophy | Filed under Media | Comments (0)
Great cover art of Drew’s gnarlier surfboard paintings, including the surfboard he painted for Vince Neil of Motley Crue . Read the “Stalker Interview”. Go to the Pinstriping and Kustom Graphics website to order yourself a copy, or go to: (more…)
July 28th, 2008 By Maria "Spunk" Brophy | Filed under Events Calendar | Comments (0)
There will be a Drew Brophy Art Exhibit at the Myrtle Beach Art Museum from June 4 - October 4, 2009. The exhibit will showcase Drew’s 20 year art career. The opening night is June 4, 2009, which Drew will attend.
Drew says “I’m a little young for an exhibit in a museum”…..I’m just stoked to be able to tell all collectors of Drew’s art: the value just went up again. Looks like we’ll be spending another summer on the East Coast!
July 27th, 2008 By Maria "Spunk" Brophy | Filed under Events Calendar, Paint Your World Tour | Comments (0)
Promoting his new DVD “Paint Pen Techniques with Drew Brophy” Drew will be at retailers giving painting demonstrations and giving out stickers and other fun swag!
