I painted a couple of these the day before yesterday thinking “Lock him up.” would look good in simple Times New Roman. This was before the Comey firing, and I was probably inspired more out of graphic/aesthetic curiosity than politics. I’d just put the one below up over the Pasadena Freeway, taking pictures and thinking “Y’know, that does look pretty good…” Understated and to the point, with the simple but delicious political jiu-jitsu of using the bastard’s own words against him. When I got back in my car and turned on the news it wasn’t long before I was thinking hell, that sign looks great!
I put the two below on my favorite hard-to-get-into overpass over the Santa Monica and headed up for San Francisco. I’ve had great success putting relatively small signs in difficult places. They can be passed by literally millions of times before someone goes through the trouble of taking them down, and I love being able to go about my daily life knowing I’ve got signs out there doing my patriotic duty for me. (Anyone in LA who takes the Santa Monica between La Brea and Crenshaw, feel free to let me know how they’re doing…)
Once in SF I painted the headline picture sign on a bike box and a couple of smaller ones for this morning’s rush hour. I love hanging signs on news days like this - with the radio telling me exactly why I’m doing it. Although I was a bit blasé at first about “Lock him up.” in TNR, I’m really beginning to like it a lot now, and I’ll probably do a lot more. For personal reasons I’m stuck in California for awhile, but imagine how cool it’d be if these things started showing up in other places.