John Seastrunk, the man behind many of the Mission’s hand-painted window signs, is a neighborhood institution. The Bold Italic recently caught up with him: “It’s taken me 30 years to get a steady hand ...

One can find examples of vintage and contemporary hand-painted signs all over the Michigan city. Signs Galore!, an exhibition at KO Gallery, showcases some of this rich tradition.

Barns were also a logical place for painting advertising signs. If you were lucky enough to have a barn that was visible to passing tourists, your barn could be of interest for advertising. Some ...

On Friday morning, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser had employees from the city’s public works department and artists paint “BLACK LIVES MATTER” in giant yellow letters on 16th Street NW.

To add privacy, window screens were sometimes painted over with pictures of idyllic rural scenes: red-roofed cottages with winding paths and ponds with swans. In their mid-20th century heyday ...

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 ...

Hand-painted signs signalling the presence of funeral homes, salons, car washes, churches, cemeteries, grocery stores, bars, and restaurants can be found all over New Orleans.

Pascale Arpin is one of only a few Ottawa artists who paint old-fashioned hand-lettered window displays — a 19th-century skill that's proven to be a hot commodity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kelly Golden, 28, and Jordan Zielke, 29, went full-time with their Golden Sign Company in 2013. They've since created elegant, hand-painted works for many of the city's new storefronts and beyond.

my younger sister painted a sign on the front window of our house to show our support of the #BLM movement, and was sent this in the mail from one of our neighbors. 100% on brand for lake oswego ...