Painting the sign in time for the painter to sign
(Talk of the Town photos by Jennifer Zartman Romano) Sign painter Bob Vandermark of Vandermark Signs in Larwill, steadily paints a 9 x 24 foot sign on the side of the Columbia House Interiors building in downtown Columbia City on Tuesday afternoon, above. Vandermark has been handpainting signs locally for 37 years and has painted this sign advertising the work of artist P. Buckley Moss at least 4-5 times over the years. This time around, he expected the painting to take about a day and a half to complete -- all by his own hand.
Vandermark's work on the sign is just in time for artist P. Buckley Moss' official signing event at Columbia House Interiors Antiques & Art Gallery on Friday, September 26 from 4-8 p.m. and on Saturday, September 27 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The community is invited to attend the signing event.