Aloha,
Wow, what a great surprise! I was just sent this video of Allison Becker of Fuel TV's show The Daily Habit wearing one of my Rip Curl by Heather Brown Tee's!
As always a BIG MAHALO to the great team at Rip Curl!!
Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Heather Brown and Malibu's Surf Shop!
Aloha!
Sorry for the long delay in posting, we were just on the East Coast for some gallery and store visits as well as a signing event at Malibu's Surf Shop in Ocean City Md. I have never spent much time on the East Coast except for a small time in inland North Carolina, so it was really cool to see different coastal towns and take part in local cuisines and area past times.
We spent time on the Gulf coast of Florida and had the most amazing food all week courtesy of Chris' Mom. We spend days on the beach at the Gulf and strolling through small towns looking into galleries and museums.
We went to the Annapolis/DC area and ate MD Blue crabs! This was my first experience and I am hooked! We went to this great hidden place on the water, Jimmy Cantler's Inn and had so much fun picking crabs. We spent a day on the Chesapeake Bay boating and got to see Annapolis by water and then ate at Hemmingway's right on the bay, it was such a cool experience taking a boat to dinner!
We ended our trip in Ocean City MD with a signing event at Malibu's Surf Shop right on the beach at 8th street. We had so much fun there, people watching, strolling the boardwalk and eating more local favorite foods!
Now we are back in Hawai'i and were lucky enough to catch a rare little North Shore surf this morning to welcome us back. I love to travel but I really love coming home!
Sorry for the long delay in posting, we were just on the East Coast for some gallery and store visits as well as a signing event at Malibu's Surf Shop in Ocean City Md. I have never spent much time on the East Coast except for a small time in inland North Carolina, so it was really cool to see different coastal towns and take part in local cuisines and area past times.
We spent time on the Gulf coast of Florida and had the most amazing food all week courtesy of Chris' Mom. We spend days on the beach at the Gulf and strolling through small towns looking into galleries and museums.
We went to the Annapolis/DC area and ate MD Blue crabs! This was my first experience and I am hooked! We went to this great hidden place on the water, Jimmy Cantler's Inn and had so much fun picking crabs. We spent a day on the Chesapeake Bay boating and got to see Annapolis by water and then ate at Hemmingway's right on the bay, it was such a cool experience taking a boat to dinner!
We ended our trip in Ocean City MD with a signing event at Malibu's Surf Shop right on the beach at 8th street. We had so much fun there, people watching, strolling the boardwalk and eating more local favorite foods!
Now we are back in Hawai'i and were lucky enough to catch a rare little North Shore surf this morning to welcome us back. I love to travel but I really love coming home!
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| MD Blue Crabs, Old Bay and Drawn Butter!! |
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| Heather Brown at Malibu's Surf Shop in Ocean City MD |
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| Heather Brown at the Thomas Point Lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay |
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| Heather Brown and Chris at Cantler's Inn eating CRABS! |
Sunday, August 14, 2011
A Proper Introduction
Aloha,
I never properly introduced our new buddy and addition to our family, he is a Tasmanian Labradoodle and his name is Hobie. He is just about 5 months old now and he is fitting in with the family great and having a really fun time in the yard and on the beach. We got him on the first day of the Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction so his first encounter in Hawai'i was around a lot of people and a lot of beautiful vintage surfboards. We actually bid and won a 1965 Hobie No.5 Hawai'i gun shaped by Dick Brewer with all proceeds going to The Surfing Heritage Foundation and figured that Hobie would be a great name for him.
The other two dogs have been great with him, but our youngest, Brian, seems to be playing the role of "mom" to Hobie and doing a great job!
I never properly introduced our new buddy and addition to our family, he is a Tasmanian Labradoodle and his name is Hobie. He is just about 5 months old now and he is fitting in with the family great and having a really fun time in the yard and on the beach. We got him on the first day of the Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction so his first encounter in Hawai'i was around a lot of people and a lot of beautiful vintage surfboards. We actually bid and won a 1965 Hobie No.5 Hawai'i gun shaped by Dick Brewer with all proceeds going to The Surfing Heritage Foundation and figured that Hobie would be a great name for him.
The other two dogs have been great with him, but our youngest, Brian, seems to be playing the role of "mom" to Hobie and doing a great job!
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| Hobie and Brian at home in the yard. |
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| Hobie's first mugshot |
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| Heather Brown's 1965 Hobie/Brewer No.5 Model. All proceeds of this sale went to Surfing Heritage Foundation |
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| Marley sighting down the bottom contour of this 1965 Hobie/Brewer No.5 Hawai'i Gun |
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Living Green With Aloha with Hawai'i Surf Artist Heather Brown
Aloha Everyone!
Wow! I still can't believe it is already August! July was like a blink of an eye for me.
So far August has been great, catching up on some commissioned pieces, enjoying some beach time and I was surprised by 3 new family member that my husband Chris brought home to our house the other day!
Introducing:
TanTan-men, Mochi and Poke! They have taken to their new home very well and our two older hens have been really nice sharing their home.
Brian has been really interested in them, he even saved tantan-men the other day when she escaped through a small hole in the coop, he rounded her up and barked for us to come help.
It is so nice having the chickens around, natural chemical free pest control, daily organic eggs and great organic fertilizer for our fruit trees!
We have had so much fun welcoming the new chickies into our home but we also had to take care of some work on the land. We did some research and found out we could use 100% recycled tire chips as mulch around our plants. This mulch allows all of the water to get to the plant roots and since it is rubber it will not grow fungus, mold, etc and will last for years and years! Sure better than tire fires and land fills!
Wow! I still can't believe it is already August! July was like a blink of an eye for me.
So far August has been great, catching up on some commissioned pieces, enjoying some beach time and I was surprised by 3 new family member that my husband Chris brought home to our house the other day!
Introducing:
TanTan-men, Mochi and Poke! They have taken to their new home very well and our two older hens have been really nice sharing their home.
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| Heather Brown's Chicks! |
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| Brian being a good friend to the new chicks |
We have had so much fun welcoming the new chickies into our home but we also had to take care of some work on the land. We did some research and found out we could use 100% recycled tire chips as mulch around our plants. This mulch allows all of the water to get to the plant roots and since it is rubber it will not grow fungus, mold, etc and will last for years and years! Sure better than tire fires and land fills!
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| Heather Brown Gardening with 100% recycled Tire Mulch! Green With Aloha |
Monday, August 1, 2011
Closing Night of the 2011 Honolulu Surf Film Festival
Aloha!
Last night we made it down to town for the closing ceremonies of the 2011 Honolulu Surf Film Festival at the Doris Duke Theatre in the Honolulu Academy of Arts. I was honored to be asked a few months ago to create the poster art for the festival. Here it is
We were so lucky to see the screening of Bud Browne's "Surfing in the 50's" with a great introduction and Q and A by Buzzy Trent's daughter. The movie was excellent and really showed the type of athleticism and dedication it took to ride the giant surf in Hawai'i and around the world back in a time of no wetsuits, 80 pound boards and boat trips to Hawai'i from California!
I was also honored to have met Ricky Grigg and see Gerry Lopez again!
What a great time, looking forward to next years event!
Last night we made it down to town for the closing ceremonies of the 2011 Honolulu Surf Film Festival at the Doris Duke Theatre in the Honolulu Academy of Arts. I was honored to be asked a few months ago to create the poster art for the festival. Here it is
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| 2011 Honolulu Surf Film Festival Poster by Surf Artist Heather Brown from the North Shore of Oahu |
We were so lucky to see the screening of Bud Browne's "Surfing in the 50's" with a great introduction and Q and A by Buzzy Trent's daughter. The movie was excellent and really showed the type of athleticism and dedication it took to ride the giant surf in Hawai'i and around the world back in a time of no wetsuits, 80 pound boards and boat trips to Hawai'i from California!
I was also honored to have met Ricky Grigg and see Gerry Lopez again!
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| Chris, Heather Brown and Gerry Lopez at the 2011 Honolulu Surf Film Festival |
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| Ricky Grigg, Chris and Surf Artist Heather Brown at the 2011 Honolulu Surf Film Festival |
What a great time, looking forward to next years event!
Monday, July 25, 2011
2011 Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction
Aloha All and Happy Monday!
Wow! What a weekend at the 2011 Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction that Randy Rarrick holds every other year (unfortunately I think that this was the last one!?) It was a great event and so nice to see so many good old friends, artists, surfboard shapers and of course just plain legends!
This year we had a small art gallery up as well with 10 different surf artists from around the country and it was a really nice extra to go along with the auction.
I even had the chance to meet the real life Gidget!
I also met surfing and shaping legend Greg Noll
Chris and I bought a piece of art for our house from good friend and great artist Wade Koniakowski
I brought an original painted on an Alaia that Chris shaped, some originals on skateboards and this original on canvas. All originals are sold except this one below. This is a 24"x30" original on stretched canvas gallery wrapped (art wraps around the edges so framing is not necessary)
Wow! What a weekend at the 2011 Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction that Randy Rarrick holds every other year (unfortunately I think that this was the last one!?) It was a great event and so nice to see so many good old friends, artists, surfboard shapers and of course just plain legends!
This year we had a small art gallery up as well with 10 different surf artists from around the country and it was a really nice extra to go along with the auction.
I even had the chance to meet the real life Gidget!
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| Heather Brown and "Gidget" at the 2011 Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction |
I also met surfing and shaping legend Greg Noll
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| North Shore Artist Heather Brown with Surfing/shaping LEGEND Greg Noll |
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| Chris, Surf Artist Wade Koniakowsky and Surf Artist Heather Brown with new Wade Art! |
I brought an original painted on an Alaia that Chris shaped, some originals on skateboards and this original on canvas. All originals are sold except this one below. This is a 24"x30" original on stretched canvas gallery wrapped (art wraps around the edges so framing is not necessary)
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| Orignal Art by North Shore Oahu Surf Artist Heather Brown |
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Two New Matted Prints Just Released by Heather Brown
Aloha!
This past weekend at the 2011 Haleiwa Arts Festival, I released 2 new matted prints to the collection!
The first one was a special piece that I did in working up to the Haleiwa Arts Festival and the Hawai'i Canoe Season. The piece is called "Haleiwa Wa'a" The original is a 24x36 and is currently available in the Wyland Gallery in Haleiwa. Here is a shot of "Haleiwa Wa'a"
The second release was of the ever popular "Ku'uipo's" I originally painted this piece for my then boyfriend, now husband Chris and the original hangs proudly in our home. I released the limited edition giclees and artist proofs and the edition of 100 plus the 10 AP's sold out in less than 10 months! As there are no more limited edition giclees on canvas, I have decided to release "Ku'uipo's" for a limited time as a matted print. This is a shot of Ku'uipos (Hawaiian for Sweethearts)
This past weekend at the 2011 Haleiwa Arts Festival, I released 2 new matted prints to the collection!
The first one was a special piece that I did in working up to the Haleiwa Arts Festival and the Hawai'i Canoe Season. The piece is called "Haleiwa Wa'a" The original is a 24x36 and is currently available in the Wyland Gallery in Haleiwa. Here is a shot of "Haleiwa Wa'a"
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| "Haleiwa Wa'a" by North Shore Oahu Artist Heather Brown |
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| "Ku'uipo's matted print by Hawai'i Surf Artist Heather Brown |
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