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 ...

In an increasingly digital world, where design software can turn anyone into an instant Leonardo da Vinci, it’s easy to forget that signs were once lettered by hand using sable brushes, mineral ...

Santiago Sánchez brushes red paint along the edge of gold letters, creating a 3-D effect on the black tin sign he's painting. He pauses to pour red "One Shot" paint into the bottom half of a ...

Joseph Giampino can’t find any emerald-green paint. Half-pint cans of 1 Shot lettering enamel paint are stacked in every corner of his Maywood Road studio, bursting at the seams alongside tool ...

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 ...

FARGO - In an age dominated by digital design, local sign painters Jared Froeber and Cory Gillerstein are adding a human touch to Fargo-Moorhead's aesthetic - one brushstroke at a time. Jared Froeber ...

At Borromini, perched on a busy Rittenhouse corner, hand-painted flourishes help situate the trattoria’s pan-Italian menu within Philadelphia’s buzzy food scene. Gibbs Connors painted the lettering on ...

Sign painter Josh Flohre, owner of Ink & Hammer, in his studio in Dayton's Davis-Linden building. Flohre has an extensive inspiration collection of antique signs and documents. Sign painter Josh ...

Lester Carey parks his shopping cart full of paint supplies on the neutral ground on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Claiborne Avenue. Carey, dressed in a red shirt tucked into high-waisted ...