Answer:Drew Brophy grew up along the coast of South Carolina, searching for big waves and drawing
whatever caught his interest. From an early age, Brophy knew his two passions in life, but few
people believed in his chosen path.
When he was in high school, his guidance counselor warned him, “Drew, you can’t just surf and
paint your whole life.” Some might label Drew Brophy stubborn or naïve; others will see him as
confident and determined; but the life he has lived will lead most people to label him nothing
short of amazing.
Today Brophy is an acclaimed artist on an international scale, and his surfing remains a major
incentive to his travels around the world. He now lives in San Clemente, California, where he
paints, designs, and—waits for the next opportunity to surf.
Drew Brophy was asked to talk about his life. “I had it in my head that I had one life to live, and
I wanted to do the things that I wanted to do. When people told me, ‘You can’t do that,’ I didn’t
listen.”
There were times when Brophy was “broke and starving.” With only his confidence, his
insatiable curiosity for the world around him, and his ability to paint, Drew Brophy held true to
his dreams.
“Every day, I read and study about the things I’m interested in. I study physics and weather and
ancient cultures and nature.”
Brophy delved into one of his driving beliefs—that everything in the universe is interconnected.
“You see patterns in nature, the way cells divide. You see it in snowflakes. Now that I’m aware
of it [interconnectedness], I see it everywhere. I learn something new every day that blows my
mind.”
When he was young, Brophy knew he looked at life differently from everybody else. He knew
that he needed to keep working at his love of surfing and at his love of art so that he could make
a living. A ravenous appetite to know more and a willingness to take risks were driving forces
behind Brophy’s constantly emerging style. According to Brophy, “It’s my job to make things
look cool.”
Have you ever seen a surfer riding a wave, perfectly timing the wall of water just above his
head? Brophy has crafted a way to translate that level of “coolness” onto much more than
surfboards. Though owning a Drew Brophy surfboard is certainly a status symbol among surfers,
Brophy knew he could broaden his audience by painting murals and canvases. Selling his art is
how Drew Brophy finances his yearning to search out the next wave.
He has crisscrossed the globe to locales where big waves attract great surfers. For a time he lived
in Hawaii, riding that perfect crest of Pipeline, the big daddy of all waves. His success as an
artist has afforded him opportunities to find these unique places—California, Australia, South
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