Ocean Drive at Night, Miami Beach

The photo reference for this print came from one night on Ocean Drive. We had twenty-four hours in Miami, ate a fabulous sushi dinner at Tony's Sushi in Miami Beach, and then walked the drive end to end and back again, looking at every Art Deco building along the way with the neon already on.

As usual, you can find our family travelers tucked into this print, just like every Stopover scene.

Ocean Drive runs along the eastern edge of South Beach, and the stretch between 5th and 15th is the heart of the Miami Beach Architectural District. Most of it went up between 1930 and 1940, and the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 because preservationists fought to keep the wrecking ball off these exact blocks.

The scene is drawn looking up the drive after dark. The Colony Hotel's vertical neon anchors the left side, the Boulevard Hotel runs pink and magenta down the block beside it, and two mid-century convertibles sit at the curb. Two birds are hidden in this one: a common crane standing on the café awning at the far left, and a barn swallow in flight above the Boulevard.

This print has a companion. Ocean Drive by Day, Miami Beach shows the same street in the morning, with a mint-green Buick parked at the curb, and the two hang well together as a day and night pair. Both belong to the Hand-Illustrated Stopovers series, alongside Rome, Paris, Tokyo, Chicago, Seattle, New York and Santorini.

The palette leans into deep navy, neon teal and hot magenta, so it holds its own on a dark wall and pops against a white one. A simple black frame keeps the focus on the neon.

This art print makes a thoughtful gift for anyone with a soft spot for South Beach: someone planning their first trip, someone who got married down there, or a friend who brings up Art Deco every time Miami comes up. It is a popular choice for housewarmings, milestone birthdays, and anyone building a travel gallery wall.

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