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Look close and you'll see the brushstrokes, especially as Father Time takes His toll. Irregular, colorful and amazing. A vanishing craft as more old signpainters hang up their brushes and are replaced by design novices with 12 "system-font" choices and a CD full of Clip Art running CorelDraw and a vinyl plotter...
NOTE: I haven't added new photos to this section of the site in a few years; with the purchase of a digital camera the quantity of sign photos got to be too overwhelming. I've started uploading sign photos to Flickr, click here to see my newer photos tagged with "hand-painted sign." See also my tag of "great typography."
Click on the photos to see larger versions.
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1998. A neighborhood classic in Mpls. 26th and 1st Ave. Good colors, type, humor. |
1998, rural village in Japan. Age reveals the brushstrokes of these geometric characters. Says "corporation."
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3-02. Colonial Ave in Norfolk. Beautiful, solid type, good humor, and a pleasing palette combine in this local gem.
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2-02, Granby St., Norfolk. Couldn't get a very decent shot, but some nice inventive lettering.
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Creepy now; must've been something in its heyday. Also see this rear view. |
2000. Eastern Shore of Virginia, a.k.a. chicken-farm Hell.
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1998. Amazing specimen from Kyoto, Japan. Rusty and weathered beautifully.
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1999. Lake St./Nicollet, Mpls. Spectrum-defying colors and tons of flare.
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1998. Lake St., Mpls. One of many, see below. Lake St. is a treasury of unique signs.
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3-99. Near New Orleans. Around here every turn carried the promise of a "Po' Boy."
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1998. St. Croix or Hudson, WI, (some river town around there). See Also... |
1998. Lake St., Mpls. This sign painter keeps his family fed, I guarantee you. ( Detail) |
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3-01. Sign at great (veg-friendly) Carribean restaurant, downtown Orlando, FL.
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10-01. Abandoned eatery near Williamsburg, Va. Green's Restaurant. Another shot of building, from this road trip. |
Somewhere in North Carolina, 2/01
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