As my time painting in the boneyard was drawing to a close, I became more intimate with the signs. I had begun painting there by trying to put all that I could see onto an 8" x 10 " piece of paper. There was so much going on. I had to sit and sketch, see with a grid to get it all in.

I repainted the Barbary Coast letters a second time, with better eyes and an even more grateful heart for the experience I had painting there.