New "COLD BEER" signs are finished and heading off to I-Like-You-MN this week for purchase! Give the gift of sign painting and see all your troubles disappear! ($50 USD)
12" + 15" diameter, acrylic paint on MDF, 2024.
New sign painting for Forgotten Star Brewery in Fridley, MN.
New sign painting up at Forgotten Star Brewery in Fridley, MN. - Sign writing on glass is always a tricky balancing act because your eyes flip between the stencil (located on the front side of the glass) and the surface you’re painting on (backside). This can cause your focus to go in and out as you paint. (sometimes I close one eye to help me to concentrate)..
Read More'In New York, A Hand-Painted Sign Renaissance Is Underway'
Interesting article about sign painting in Brooklyn, NY. The two restaurants talked about in the article are only a couple of blocks from my home.
”When people reopen, people are going to want things that feel like home. And another Helvetica vinyl sign does not feel like home. Industrial design doesn’t feel like home. So I hope that there’s more and more hand-painted signs … I think that there are a billion different ways that sign painting infiltrates our culture, and people haven’t been paying attention that much. But sign painters are still working. It’s an imperative part of how we communicate, and I think that it’s only increasing in value.”