You're a sign painter?

Thus the "seeing the writing on the wall...", eh?

My Granddad (the Scottish side of the family, in fact) and his brothers were all sign painters. They did most of their work lettering trucks. We'd be riding in the car and he'd point out one of the Phillips 66 (Humpin' To Please!) or Navajo semi trailers that the family painted...he could tell his and his brothers' work from a distance.

I love computers but it's a sad thing for me that they've cut into the lettering business and made hand work virtually obsolete. I used to sell art supplies to several calligraphers here in Chicago who did a steady business doing framed testimonials and certificates. They were older and probably gone by now but I'm sure that any work they would have done is being done on computer now. They were all very nice people and real "characters" in the nicest sense of the word. Whenever I'm in an art supply shop and see the display of Sure-Shot enamel, I think of my Grandfather doing an "All Day Electric" van in his garage at home...mahl stick and wee little cup of paint in one hand and brush in the other.

It's always difficult to find another market or niche. Some creative thought is called for...I hate to use the cliche again but "thinking out of the box".

One of my buddies used to do bike tanks...lot's of scooter afficianados hereabouts wanted a custom lettering and airbrush job on their tanks...do people still do that or do they just do it at the factory now?

Get the organic paints and do "temporaty tats" for the faint of heart?

Best

AA