Typewriters and Tile Floors Orb

Blue orb. "Typewriters and tile floors. Steamer Lane and John Coltrane." Original watercolor and ink on paper by Olivia Joffrey. Signed on reverse.

Art measures 7” x 9.5” and ships flat, unframed. 

In the summer of 2020 I acquired 200 vintage surf magazines from James O’Mahoney, legendary skateboarder, surfer, publisher, and founder of the (now shuttered) Santa Barbara Surf Museum. In studying the magazines, I was struck by the ocean as depicted through film rather than digital photography. Each orb is a study of these blues, which is then paired with a short prose vignette that speaks to my affection for coastal California. Steamer Lane is a famous break in my hometown of Santa Cruz, CA.