{"id":459,"date":"2012-03-01T07:59:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T15:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanclementewebsitedesign.com\/?p=459"},"modified":"2013-11-11T09:25:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T17:25:37","slug":"q-a-with-maria-brophy-of-son-of-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanclementewebsitedesign.com\/2012\/03\/q-a-with-maria-brophy-of-son-of-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Q & A with Maria Brophy of Son of the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"
Local San Clemente Artist Drew Brophy has been a professional artist for over 25 years.\u00a0 He says that it\u2019s his job to \u201cmake things look cool.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 With the help of his wife and business manager, \u00a0Maria, they have developed Drew\u2019s surf art into a powerful brand and they currently have over thirty companies that license Drew\u2019s art for their products.<\/p>\n
Over a decade ago, Drew and Maria formed Son of the Sea, Inc., an agency that was intended to represent ocean inspired artists.
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\nSon of the Sea has been adding licensed art and design to hundreds of well-known brands such as Converse, Ugg Australia and even the Hard Rock Casino, Las Vegas, since 2002. \u00a0And, on top of that, they\u2019ve also done special projects for many famous musicians and surfing icons.<\/p>\n
Maria has over 20 years of business experience and a passion and true talent for marketing. Put them together and what have you got? The very successful and totally cool art licensing agency, Son of the Sea.<\/p>\n
How and when did Son of the Sea come to be? After a few years of representing other artists we decided to focus entirely on Drew.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Maria, you obviously have a business background. Please tell us a little about YOU and how you and Drew meshed the business into what it is today? You and Drew offer inspirational workshops, lectures and seminars, tell us more. You two have alos dabbled in film production. How did you get started with that?
\n<\/strong>In 2002 we formed Son of the Sea, Inc. to handle both the art of Drew Brophy and other artists. Drew had already been a professional artist his entire adult life when we formed the company. Son of the Sea is an agency that we originally formed so that we could represent several brands of artists, not just Drew.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I worked in the insurance industry for over 15 years. That was where I learned my negotiation and contract skills.\u00a0But my real talent is marketing – and I think I was born with that.\u00a0I love coming up with new ideas for marketing Drew’s art and his brand. It’s a passion for me.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Over the years many artists have come to Drew for advice. They see his success and want to understand how he’s done it. So we started giving lectures to artists to share our business tips and techniques. We want to see other artists succeed, too.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>We decided years ago that it would be fun to have a reality TV show that shares with the world what a lifestyle artist does behind the scenes.\u00a0We wanted to use it to inspire large numbers of people to do what they love for a living, too.<\/em><\/p>\n