Surf Artist Heather Brown Releases Two New Christmas Cards for 2014! Originals Available!

Happy ALOHA Friday!!

I hope everyone had a great week! It flew by here!!

If you have seen my art for a while now, you may have noticed that each year or so I release a new Christmas card for the season. This started about 8-9 years ago when I was commissioned by Jack and Kim Johnson to create a Christmas card for their family. I really had fun with it and have done a few since. This is the first Holiday card I ever did below.

Heather Brown Art Holiday Card

This year I decided to release two new cards because I have had these two ideas in my head since last February!! ha ha

The first is "Christmas Tree" The Captain and I spend a lot of time at our studio in Telluride Colorado when we are not back on the North Shore or on tour and Telluride has such beautiful sunny days that each afternoon a bunch of cold weather hardened birds would come and hang out in one of our big pine trees. Right away I was reminded of the old claymation Christmas specials on TV and Cinderella  where the birds and animals are all decorating for the joyous holiday season and this piece has been in my mind ever since. The christmas cards will be available within the next couple of weeks and the Original is now available on my website. Clicking on the picture below will  take you directly to my website for purchasing options.

Hawaii Artist Heather Brown 2014 Christmas Tree Christmas Card

The other card that I created is "Christmas Surf" I would guess that you know how much I like to paint cute little birds by now! ha ha So for this piece I initially envisioned a piece with Santa and some elves on a board but wanted to make it a bit more me, so I made them into fun little birds enjoying the days after Christmas in Waikiki. The christmas cards will be available within the next couple of weeks and the Original is now available on my website. Clicking on the picture below will  take you directly to my website for purchasing options.

Surf Art Christmas Card by Surf Artist Heather Brown

I hope everyone has a HAPPY weekend! Sorry to rush Christmas to you, but I usually get told I am way too late!

Vintage Heather Brown Art

Aloha!
I am always stoked to get emails from people who bought my art in the first few years of my career. This one was one of the first pieces that I did when I started painting a lot more. Prior to heavily painting, I was doing almost all printmaking so these first pieces were a fun way for me to really experiment with color and shading but staying very close to my bold lined printmaking background. Mahalo for sharing!

Heather Brown Surf Art Original

Heather Brown X Bird Party The Band Wood Panel Print Contest!

Aloha and HAPPY WEEKEND!!

We are having a fun contest over on my Facebook page  to win an exclusive wood panel print of "Bird Party The Band" chilling on the beach in Waikiki!

Go check it out for your chance to win this weekend!

Hawaii Artist Heather Brown's Original for Bird Party The Band in Waikiki

The winner will receive an exclusive wood panel print of the "Bird Party in Waikiki" shown above

We just have been releasing the new pieces that are UV printed for extreme durability on wood panels that are made and printed by The Captain. I have been long them so much as they show my art in a different way, you still can see some of the texture and wood grain which makes every piece unique in its own way. You can check out some other titles I have available currently on these great wood panels too on my website HERE These surf art and hawaii art wood panel prints of Heather Brown Art are ready to ship out immediately to your home anywhere around the world.

Heather Brown Fine Art UV Prints on Wood Panels

Mahalo and have a great weekend!!

Heather Brown Southern California Shows August 2014

Aloha and Happy Monday!

Just leaving San Diego from a fun filled 4 days of surf, shows and great people!

This was my first trip back to Southern California in over 2-3 years so I was nervous and excited! I am always nervous to see if people will come out to the shows and if the art I donate will sell and make the necessary money for the charities I believe in and after such a long hiatus between California shows, I was not sure what would happen.

I was so pleasantly surprised when we rolled up to my first show at Bliss 101 to see how many people had come out to see my show there with friend and fellow artist Susan Wickstand Roche! We had such a fun night that went till after 11 pm because so many people had come out! Mahalo nui loa to the great and attentive staff at Bliss 101 in Encinitas and to everyone who came out and waited on lines. I had a great time meeting so many new people as well as getting to see lots of old friends from my time growing up in Southern California.

"Under The Aloha Sun" show at Bliss 101 in Encinitas with Heather Brown and Susan Wickstrand Roche 

Hawaii Artist Heather Brown at Bliss 101 "Under the Aloha Sun" Show August 2014

Heather Brown Art at Bliss 101 in Encinitas California

Under The Aloha Sun Surf Art Show with Heather Brown and Susan Wickstrand Roche at Bliss 101 in Encinitas California August 2014

The next couple of days were spent participating in events for the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational
Some of you may know that I was honored to be asked to paint the main art creative for this years event that went on the posters, tees, etc and I donated the original "La Jolla Sunset" for the main auction as well in efforts to raise money for much needed cancer research.
Well the events were all so fun and I was able to "fan out" on lots of the surfers that I have looked up in our great lifestyle. Below are some random pictures from the events.
I am also so happy to report that my art raised almost $20,000 (an event record) with all money going directly to cancer research!!

Heather Brown at the VIP Party in La Jolla for the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational

 I have looked through old books and magazines for years and always see the beautiful during images of Denny Aaberg and it was great to meet him in person!

Heather Brown and Surfing Legend Denny Aaberg at the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational 

It was so nice to meet Guy Takayama in person. I have always been a fan of Donald's and Raymond Takayama. Guy is filled with ALOHA and was so nice!

Heather Brown with Guy Takayama at the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational

 Ira Opper has arguably done more for surf and action sports films than anyone out there.

Heather Brown and Ira Opper at the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational

 Just about neighbors back home on the North Shore of Oahu, Sometime we need to travel this far to see each other! Always a pleasure seeing Jock Sutherland

Heather Brown and Surfing Legend Jock Sutherland at the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational

 As a female surfer, I have always looked up to a few key females in the sport and lifestyle we live and Lisa Anderson is arguably the most prolific in modern times.

Heather Brown and Lisa Anderson at the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational

 Are you kidding me!!! Shaun Thompson!!! Glad the picture turned out purple so you could not see how red I was!

Heather Brown and Shaun Thompson at the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational

 The Live Auction for my main art piece at the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational. The piece auctioned for a record $16,000! with all money going directly to cancer research.

Heather Brown Art Auction at the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational

 Wingnut! Need I say more! not only such a cool surfer, but one of the coolest guys! Had a blast and was filled with ALOHA!

Heather Brown and Wingnut from The Endless Summer 2 at the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational

Always great seeing other friends and artists as our paths cross in different oceanic locales around the world! Wade Koniakowsky is one of our favorites and I am equally stoked to have my art in his gallery in Solana Beach!

Heather Brown and Wade Koniakowsky at the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational

 Below in the board that was shaped by San Diego Shaping Icon Hank Warner with my art from the event on the nose. Happy to say that the winning bid for this board was $3,000 with all proceeds going directly to cancer research!

Heather Brown Surfboard at the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center 21st annual Luau and Legends of Surfing Invitational

SO now I make the drive from San Diego to our Telluride Colorado studio to get hard at work for my upcoming Japan and Australia tour coning up this October!
I will be back on Oahu and doing shows through the Triple Crown season with a show at Mu'umu'u Heaven in Kailua on November 13, 2014. I have create dthe main art creative for the Surfrider Foundation's annual John Kelly Awards on November 15, 2014 ( I will be in attendance and have some pieces for the auctions there)
Then on December 13, 2014 I will be taking part in the annual group surf art show at The Wyland Gallery in Haleiwa!
The Captain Surfs and I are also working on one more show that we hope to be showing on Oahu this December if we can make it happen in time! I will keep you posted on all the details!

Mahalo for taking your time and reading through this LONG blog! I am truly honored to be able to create art everyday and I have all of you to thank for it! From the bottom of my heart, Mahalo Nui Loa for the continued support over the years! I am looking forward to many more with you all!

Original Surf Art Painting by Heather Brown

Aloha!

I have just posted a very rare and collectable new original ion my website.
The original "North Shore Wave" is an acrylic on canvas and was painted for the cover of the second printings of my limited edition surf art coffee table book "The Art of Heather Brown"

"North Shore Wave" by Hawaii Surf Artist Heather Brown

The Art of Heather Brown Fine Art Coffee Table Book

Heather Brown Releases "La Jolla Sunset" Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas

Happy ALOHA Friday!

Reminder that I will be having a show and book signing with Susan Wickstrand Roche this evening from 6-9 pm Friday August 15, 2014 at Bliss 101 in Encinitas! Free and open to all, hope you can come by!

Today is also the worldwide release day of my first ever published California image "La Jolla Sunset" 

Surf Artist Heather Brown created "La Jolla Sunset" for the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center Annual Longboard Luau. The original will be auctioned at the event. Limited Edition Giclees on canvas are now available!

I created La Jolla Sunset for the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center Annual Longboard Luau and Surfing Invitational. The original "La Jolla Sunset" painting will be up for auction at the event this sunday or by proxy bid at the event!

Come by Bliss 101 tonite to say ALOHA and have the first chance to see this piece in person. MAHALO!

Heather Brown Original Skateboard Art

Aloha!

Here is a sneak peek at 4 new original surf art skateboards that I created for my upcoming show Friday August 15, 2014 at Bliss 101 in Encinitas with friend and fellow artist Susan Wickstrand Roche. The show is free andf open to the public from 6-9 pm on Friday August 15, 2014. I am excited to be doing my first CA show in over 2 years and will be featuring some new wave art ordinals, new surf art, Bird art and more! You can also come and cheek out my new book, The Art of Heather Brown . We will have some limited edition copies as well as open edition copies too!

Hope to see you there!

Surf Art Skateboards by Hawaii Artist Heather Brown for Bliss 101 show in Encinitas, CA

Hawaii Surf Artist Heather Brown Paints and Donates new "La Jolla Sunset" piece to UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center

The original "La Jolla Sunset" piece that I created for the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Center Longboard Luau and Legend of Surfing Invitational happening on August 17, 2014 in La Jolla, California!
The original "La Jolla Sunset" will be auctioned off at the event and they are taking proxy bids as well, so if you are interested in getting a new published original and supporting a great cause, check them out!

http://www.luauandlegendsofsurfing.org/event-artist/

Heather Brown Art "La Jolla Sunset" Donation piece for the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Longboard Luau

I will also be having a show with Susan Wickstrand Roche at Bliss 101 in Encinitas, CA on Friday August 15, 2014 with new originals, new limited edition canvas giclees, books and more! 



Surf art from Hawaii by North Shore Artist Heather Brown. This piece was made specifically for the 2014 UCSD Moore's Cancer Research Scripps Pier Longboard Luau and Longboard Invitational being held on August 17, 2014. Give to a great cause when you bid on this auction piece of surf art by Heather Brown.

Surf Art Wood Panels by Heather Brown

Aloha Everyone!

I have received a lot of emails and inquiries and we are good and safe as we actually left the Islands about a week ago for some shows in California and some time at our Colorado studio, but please keep nothing but positive thoughts in your head and heart for everyone in Hawai'i as these two storms start bearing down. Hawaii Ohana, please stay safe!

A few weeks ago I had mentioned that we were working on something very special following the release of my first book "The Art of Heather Brown"  Well we debuted these special new wood panel prints during the Haleiwa Arts Festival this July on Oahu and now they are available shipped worldwide from my website www.HeatherBrownArt.com

My husband, The Captain Surfs, and I have collaborated on many things in the past 7 years or so and this is the latest. Chris sourced sustainably harvested yellow pine wood, cuts them into these beautiful panels, sands them smooth and uses a special UV printing process on them that gives a really cool and unique feel to some originals that I was able to find scans of during the research period of putting my book together. The Art itself is a culmination of older original art that I never released other than the actual original at a show. So many of these pieces just jumped out at me when we were looking at my archives and I wanted to share them with all of you!

Each piece will be limited release and each one is unique in itself as each panel has different wood grain textures so even the same image can appear a bit different from piece to piece.

To see the entire collection you can visit the "Wood Panel Print" section of my website to see what is currently available as well as click on any of the images below (just a sampling) and they will take you directly to that image for details.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think of these, I would love to hear your feedback!

Mahalo!

Surf Art Bird by Heather Brown

Hawaii Art by Heather Brown

Surf Art Bird by Heather Brown

Waterfall Wood Panel Print by Heather Brown

Surf Art by Heather Brown on wood panel

Surf Bird by Heather Brown

Wave art by Heather Brown

surfy birdie art by Heather Brown

Surf Art by Hawaii's Heather Brown

Hawaii Artist Heather Brown Releases new art for 2015 Elan Snowboard Collaboration

Aloha!

As some of you may know, this past year I teamed up with Elan snowboards to create a limited edition line of boards with my art on them for the 2014-2015 season. I am so happy with them and apparently lots of you liked them too as they are almost completely sold out already for the season!

I am excited to announce that for the 2015-2016 season, we have teamed up again to create 4 new boards this time!!

The first board will be based off of a new release that was just unveiled last week at The Wyland Gallery Show in Waikiki called "Bird Tree"

The "Bird Tree" Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas and Artist Proof Editions are now available at the Galleries around the world that support my art as well as on my website where we offer shipping worldwide.

Heather Brown Art "Bird Tree" New Limited Edition Giclee and Upcoming Art for 2015-2016 Elan Snowboards

"Bird Tree" along with all of my other giclees are now also available with some new framing options! You can check out all the options on my website.

Hawaii Bird Art by Heather Brown