In 2003, Davis began practicing his lettering in secret and learned about the sign painter’s enamel 1 Shot. “I rushed over to an art store in downtown San Jose that I heard carried it,” he says. “They ...

The sign reads “MORRISSEY & MARR” in tall, uppercase, pointed-serif letters — a nod to his favorite group, the Smiths. In the short time since he and his wife, Kayleigh, started painting ...

Nick Berard The painted word predates Western civilization, but contemporary lettering traces origins to the Roman alphabet. In America, sign painting became a highly skilled trade, the stuff of ...

Photo collages showcased brightly colored lettering adorning storefronts, signs and even a hot dog cart. "That was the extent of my painting during the time, and I was like, 'I don't know if they ...

He calls the Cole Hardware sign in North Beach “the most extreme usage of all of my skills,” since he crafted each letter and gilded it with brass leaf, then painted the store’s offerings in ...

It’s called Heart & Bone Signs and the couple is Andrew and Kelsey McClellan. They are artists, and what they have been doing here for more than a decade, though working in relative obscurity, is ...

Professional sign painter Mark Oatis, who grew up in Wheat Ridge, has returned to give back to the community. Always fascinated by signs and lettering, Oatis became a journeyman sign painter in the ...

One way Southern California is represented is through airbrushed lettering, typically associated ... that California has been a silkscreen and sign-painting hotspot since the mid-20th century.

Reading, simply “Electric Tattooing,” it directly referenced the panel shape and lettering of a similar one made by his mentor, longtime Austin sign painter Gary Martin, who even helped paint ...

He stated, “I’m constantly looking at lettering,” highlighting his ... “I want to pay tribute to that sign painter that originally painted it and that’s what makes a good sign is that ...