Tibby Rothman

“Investigative journalists hate to be scooped by their competitors. What bothers them more? The discovery that two of their closest friends have secretly been collaborating for more than three decades on a whole swath of the greatest quote unquote surf art produced. Jim Evans and Ned Evans who aren’t but, equally are, brothers, are the brilliant duo behind some of the most inventive work to come out of the late sixties and mid-seventies. Remember the poster that filled the Santa Monica Civic for Jesus Loves Fiberglass? The one-sheet that turned Bikini Pintail into a legend? The lush tactile colors and textures were rich, intricate, authentic, luminescent and mind blowing. The imagery always transcended the particulars of the immediate. Like a Nirvana bootleg, or the Band’s Basement Tapes of an earlier generation, the output of the duo has been kept hidden till now. So here’s your chance. GO.”

—Tibby Rothman, Contributing Writer, New Times