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 ...

Decades ago, DC was full of hand-painted signs pointing customers toward various retail establishments. They were eye-­catching and distinctive, but they were also expensive, required regular ...

Emilio Carrillo’s mural of Latin American countries on the wall of an apartment building in Pico-Union. (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series on ...

With a swift and steady hand, Ruben Marcilla is painting a 3-foot-tall “T.” The “T” is white, and Marcilla is cutting crisp lines around it in teal. When he’s done he moves on to “H,” then “E” and an ...

Vic B. Linden and Sons used to span storefronts across Spokane. Now, after 75 years, the brothers who took over their parents’ hand-painted sign business have decided to retire. “We just feel like ...

Dan Kamba and Chuck Wilmarth are debating how to spell Oscar Mayer wiener. The “i” should be before the “e,” says Kamba, co-owner of Southwest Signs in the Clearing neighborhood, but Wilmarth, the ...

You probably don't know his name, but the work of Shawn Gilheeney is all around you in Rhode Island, summoning you into restaurants. He is an artist and the creative force behind many business signs, ...

Study the buildings flanking London’s older streets closely and you’ll see one soon enough: an old painted sign that, once bright and eye-catching, is now faded into the masonry, the name of the ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. — Community members tell Channel 11 they are outraged after swastikas were painted on a number of signs in Mount Pleasant and Mount Pleasant Township this week. The discoveries ...

Hidden on the walls of old buildings scattered across Louisville are fading remnants of the city’s past. They’re called “ghost signs,” and they’re typically hand-painted advertisements of bygone ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UPDATE 9/23/20 1:55 A.M.: David Hines, whose campaign sign for President Donald Trump was among several defaced with red spray-painted swastikas this week in Mandarin, tells ...