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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As fresh businesses inhabit long-vacant buildings in Detroit, an art once teetering on obscurity is increasingly used to set them apart. "It's a craft that for many years ruled the roost," said Doc ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trimmer, 38, had been a painting and printmaking student at Virginia Commonwealth University. After college, he thought he’d wait tables, like most of his fellow art majors. But he began tattooing – ...

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A liberal amount of gray is flecked in the beard and hair of Norman Randall, 54. It’s not from the paint the Cheyenne man is applying to signs at the AVA Community Art Center in ...

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 ...

Before he sets to work, before the first of what will be a thousand brushstrokes, each one fluid and articulated and occupying the space between artwork and industry, the sign painter wants you to ...