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 ...

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ST. FRANCIS - Before signs were designed on computers and made with vinyl letters, they were created by sign painters like Jeff Williams, owner of The King of Paint in St. Francis. "Everything was ...

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 ...

It's Tuesday, and time to read from your comments. Yesterday we spoke with Rutgers professor Nancy DiTomaso about her argument that favoritism drives minority unemployment. We asked listeners to tell ...

This story starts with an old suitcase. And a sign painter who had, in his own words, "the audacity to try." Koy Suntichotinun, who goes by Koy Sun, wanted to do something different and make a change, ...

Sign painter Chuck Keiger, a few years before his death in 2011, dwarfed by the last remaining example of his work. My girlfriend and I were lingering by the display windows of a dirty bookstore. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Have you ever taken a moment to look at the signage on windows, doors and walls of local businesses? If you’ve noticed hand painted lettering, it is likely the work of Josh Flohre. He is Dayton’s own ...