Every morning, William Rosser starts his day painting signs. The 77-year-old butcher and owner of Wild Woody's Happy Foods on 31st Street and Myrtle Avenue in Kansas City, Mo., has been painting ...

For 73 years, Rey Giese painted the Valley of Heart’s Delight in letters, numbers and company logos. A skilled artisan whose craft was earned by years of apprenticeship, working as a journeyman and ...

Most of today’s signage tends to elicit little more than a shrug of acknowledgment. All too often, it’s not something that exactly merits much attention. Then there are the hand-painted signs of ...

Emilio Carrillo’s mural of Latin American countries on the wall of an apartment building in Pico-Union. (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Success! Your account was created and you’re signed ...

Off-Ramp talks with Patrick Smith about his days at the happiest place on earth and how the Vietnam War made it possible. Take a walk through Disneyland and you'll find a variety of signs. From the ...

Even in an age of emoji, when people revel in communicating online using a shared set of colorful icons, it makes sense that there are still those who are able to eke out a living painting signs for ...

Dozens of hand-painted and hand-lettered signs Chip Spirson created are displayed in Pensacola’s most iconic restaurants and businesses. Spirson, the owner of Vital Signs, has been painting since he ...

Outside of a residential building on North Miro Street in New Orleans’ Treme neighborhood, there is a thin, white pole about six feet high. At the top of the pole is the frame for a two-part sign; the ...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - For 35 years, hand-painted signs have covered the outfield fence and skyboxes at Avista Stadium, keeping a timeless era intact. But due to changing Major League Baseball (MLB) ...

In fact, Lee’s works should be the first thing you see. “I do all the hand painted signs for McMenamins hotels and restaurants,” he said. “Pretty much any one you go, the signs are something that ...

Dallas artist Jaclyn Le is helping revive the beauty of hand-painted signs, keeping an old-school art form alive in a modern city. Why it matters: Most signage today is machine-printed vinyl. Le's ...

For more than seven decades, 90-year-old Ell Sheckles has been painting signs in East Tennessee. Longtime Knoxvillians might have seen his hand-painted billboards over the years, but vinyl wrapping ...