ART SCENE
DREW
brophy
IT’S MY JOB TO
MAKE THINGS
LOOK COOL
s an Artist, people often ask me where I get my
inspiration from.
Most all of my painting inspiration comes from
nature and life.
Being a surfer and a traveler takes me to some of the
most amazing places on earth. These experiences in my
life are real and authentic, they become part of my story.
Art is so much more than painting pretty pictures, it is a
different way of thinking and looking at the world.
It is raw creativity and wonder. Art is the ability to articulate an idea, feeling, or story, to others.
What follows is a story about the inspiration behind my
painting SUNRISE:
During a trip to South Africa, on the beautiful beach of
Jeffery’s Bay, where the ocean is full of life and the waves
seem to peel forever, I was inspired to paint the sunrise.
One morning before dawn, after the coldest night of the
year, I awoke to be the first to ride one of these magical
waves. Standing in the dark, shivering in my wet-suit, I
used my surfboard to block the icy winds. The crashing
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waves kept me company but I could not see them in the
darkness. Above me, millions of stars illustrated the vastness of the Universe.
As my mind began to wander, I felt cold and alone, as if I
was nowhere in time or space, just another soul or speck
of light in the night sky so far from each other.
Finally a tiny faint glow in the distance caught my eye, it
steadily grew larger with every second and in a sudden
burst, a tremendous wave of light raced across the sky.
In a fraction of second it erased the darkness and the millions of stars. I instantly felt the warmth of the light as the
wave illuminated me. H[X