Recent work: Vinavanti Urban Winery, San Diego CA — painted signage

In San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood, this sign painter was asked to provide sign painting and interior graphics for the new facility of our client Vinavanti Urban Winery. We wish them the best of success.

One enjoyable moment for me was to be able to listen in to the front-of-house orientation meeting while working inside on the “local wine at its purest” wall. The owner/entrepreneur leading the project and the meeting, Eric Van Drunen, is so knowledgable in his craft, just by working nearby I felt like I was sitting in on a professor’s Q and A.

Here are a few photos from the project:

Vinavanti-progress

VINAVANTI-WALLSTART

VINAVANTI-EXTERIOR-FINAL

VINAVANTI-ARTSYSTOREFRONT

VINAVANTI-CHALKSTART

VINAVANTI-CHALK-FINAL

VINAVANTI-INT-FINAL

Golden Road Brewing sign painting — Anaheim CA

Been so busy this sign painter hasn’t updated. Got to do some sign painting in Anaheim, in Orange County CA. Here are some progress shots:

Golden Road Brewing - wall graphic

Golden Road Brewing - wall graphic

Golden Road Brewing - wall graphic

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A little sign painting project

Here’s a little sign painting project this sign painter did recently in Vista, near San Diego CA. 5 spots on the building – is it whining to complain about the 110˚ heat? Sometimes, the time chooses you…

First, the pattern …

sign painting pattern perforation

Apply the pattern to the wall, dust with charcoal … paint the sign, rinse, lather, repeat.

sign painting pattern on the wall

sign painting location 1

sign painting location 2

sign painting location 3

sign painting locations 3 & 4

Back in the day … Disneyland Matterhorn fence colors

Back in the day, the Disneyland Matterhorn in Orange County  CA, was closed in the winter every year to be freshened up and maintained. This queue line fence would be on our work schedule, and the new hires would be sent out to work on it. Sitting on the cold concrete, we’d be painting each individual color inside, and if you notice, about a 3/8″ outline on the outside of the cutouts. Oh, it was a pain, but it was a chops-builder as well — you wouldn’t want to spend any more time out there than you needed, which was great motivation to get fast and accurate with that little lettering quill or soft fitch brush…

Matterhorn fence