Corn Maize signs

I painted some signs for Craig at the Corn Maize in August. Turns out to be a really fun gig! I went down one very sunny afternoon and met with Craig (he is friends with my friend's Rasa and Charlie, thats how I got the gig) and got the boards and a feel for the place. Brandon came along and did a beautiful line drawing of the place while I was gathering the wood and info. I brought them home, and painted them up!

He wanted them legible (obviously), and since I'm an illustrator he asked me if I could also do the corn maize logo at the bottom, and the "get lost" to look similar to the one on the postcard. I said sure, why not! And I'm glad I did (even though for a moment I panicked at the extra work) because it was really fun to reproduce! Turns out that I LIKE to paint. I'd almost forgotten, its been so long.
You can see the "maize" logo in the picture above. I think if you click on it it will get bigger. Below are the two smaller signs that ended up saying "victory bridge" on them, but I forgot to take those pictures. Oh well. The green frame was inspired by the writing in the maize logo. its done up to look like a corn maze!
This was alot of fun, hope I get to do more signs for him, and in general. I love it! And I think I've got a new price per hour: $35 for signs. The lettering isn't as hard as a mural, but its ALOT more work than regular painting. Hmmm, guess I should put that up on the sidebar of this blog!

And in other news, I've started working part time at Collage on Woodstock. Its a great art supply store. So I'm working there tuesdays and wednesdays for a while, or the schedule changes. I'm busy through the second week of October, but the schedule frees up after that!

Maggie