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hi guys, my name is Pete aka Pistol Pete. I am 28 years old and living in Portland, OR. I came here from Australia where i completed a 4 year apprenticeship in sign painting. i was very fortunate to work with a true master, and in turn taught me all the very valuable tricks of this great trade. Since leaving Australia to come here i have been unfortunate enough to be stuck working at a place that doesnt value my qualities and the management of this particular shop isnt the greatest environment for someone who is commited to making a great impact in this industry. I want to go somewhere with all the skills I have mastered and put them into great use at a new sign shop that could really benefit from having such a person. I know pretty much all there is to know about traditional sign painting and sign making aswell as the more modern approach of vinyl and digital graphics etc. My website has a lot but not all that I have to show and it can be viewed here.. www.geocities.com/pistolpetesigns what I would love is if any local people can point me in the right direction, maybe you know of someone that could really use having me work for them, any help you guys can give is greatly appreciated. I want to make a difference in the sign industry in Portland, not have all my skills go to waste for someone that doesnt care about them, thanks a lot guys
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You're ahead of me Pete. I still don't know "everything there is to know about sign painting" ! Been painting 45 years...must be a slow learner.
Good luck with your search. Something will turn up.
-------------------- Jeff Ogden 8727 NE 68 Terr. Gainesville FL, 32609 Posts: 2138 | From: 8827 NE 68 Terr Gainesville Fl 32609 | Registered: Aug 2002
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jeff... dont you rememeber when you was 28? we knew it all by then.....so we thought.....59 now and still awe struck by some of the work the talented ones can create and still want to aspire to their capabilities. pete all i can say is get yourself to a LETTERHEAD meet somewhere. let the ones that have been doing this for years see what you can do.....doors will open once you knock on a few.
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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Hey Pete, Over in Federal Way, WA. there is a Six Flags owned theme park. They are looking for a new sign person, If you want more info call me at 253 6778907 or email me at PAT_ALICIA@HOTMAIL.COM
-------------------- Signs by Alicia Jennings (Mudflap Girl) Tacoma, WA Since 1987 Have Lipstick, will travel. Posts: 3816 | From: Tacoma, WA. U.S.A. | Registered: Dec 1999
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thanks for the quick replies guys. i just want to say i dont want to claim to know it all either, i sure have a lot of fun learning new things aswell. i have the utmost respect for the 'ol timers if you will. its because of one that i know what i do now and for that i am very grateful. what would be grate would to work for one of you guys again, my boos i owe it all too back home was Stephen Bear, in the Newcastle area. he wouldnt be on here because he's so old school he only just got a computer a couple of years ago, lol. but what they man could do with a brush was amazing, and i want to carry on what he taught me. i only say i know a lot at age 28 because how many of us young guys know how to gold leaf, or know what mock blocking is. i may be only 28, but my love of the traditional sign painting is very much old school, i cant let it go. Say Alicia, how far from Portland OR is Federal Way?
oh Bob, sorry man, thats the good old free geocitie service at its best, 2 people look at it and it shuts down for an hour, lol. i have plans to update to a real one soon, if it does work check it out though, id love to know what you masters think
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Hey Pete I've been trying to give you a job for about a year, but you've been to busy, call me up I'll have you give me your idea for a project and if I like it you can do the job and we will go from there. striker
-------------------- Dan Streicher Slidell, LA Posts: 445 | From: Slidell, LA | Registered: Feb 2004
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damn, hey Dan hows the riding going? Sorry about loosing contact with you, god my lifes been so up and down lately. Jon, geez what i would give to come back home, the reason im here is because i met a girl here and long story short, we've been married for 4 years now. it is a nice place, but i miss home a lot.
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6717 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6717 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Pistol Pete Maravich... how he thrilled the fans of Atlanta and New Orleans, eh?
That was when basketball was good.
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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