producing custom screen prints and hand-painted signs, and always taking an active part in the community. “I don’t have a website. I’m kind of a caveman, so it’s mostly word of mouth ...

But recently, according to Candice Simons, the owner of a Detroit-based agency, some have turned to a more radical technique to reach their customers: commissioning hand-painted billboards.

They’re called “ghost signs,” and they’re typically hand-painted advertisements of bygone businesses ― some dating back to the late 1800s. These signs once lined commercial corridors in ...

Despite the rise of digital art and artificial intelligence, Ybarra continues to practice the increasingly rare art of hand-painted signs and murals. "Everything I do is hand painted," Ybarra told ...

Drivers along Northern Colorado’s highways might notice something new as Berthoud works with the Colorado Department of Transportation to install hand-painted signs for the town. For more than ...

The many hand-painted signs are from two different cultures, two different nations and yet, the vernacular connects them, and the ways of seeing and presenting bind them. Dominican Republic and ...