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How it Started
Who is this guy?
I started painting in 1973 working for Charles Martin Painting. Charlie's specialty was primarily large older homes in the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Shadyside & Squirrel Hill. Charlie's focus was on painting basics: scrape it, clean it, paint it. Charlie had been in business for 40 years when I went to work for him. When Charlie retired in 1974 I went to work for George H Diamond Decorating. George was a meticulous craftsman who had completed a course at Carnegie Tech(now Carnegie Mellon) called 'Decorating arts & Science'. George approached every job as a restoration project and was loathe shortcut any procedure, however minor, that might adversely effect the final quality of his work. George practiced the absolute highest standards of the trade, and all of us under his tutelage learned the negative outcome of other than first rate workmanship. In 1977 I went to work for Artex Painting & Decorating Inc, a commercial painting contractor primarily serving the new construction market (hospital/office/retail) in the Greater Pittsburgh area. Commercial/New Construction is a somewhat different realm than residential, focusing primarily on quick & efficient completion. Commercial painting methods result in a slightly lower quality finished. As the local economy cooled and demand for commercial painting diminished, I found muself unemployed more frequently. It became necessary to switch paths and begin so I began doing some marketing to develop my own business. And here we are today.
I started painting in 1973 working for Charles Martin Painting. Charlie's specialty was primarily large older homes in the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Shadyside & Squirrel Hill. Charlie's focus was on painting basics: scrape it, clean it, paint it. Charlie had been in business for 40 years when I went to work for him. When Charlie retired in 1974 I went to work for George H Diamond Decorating. George was a meticulous craftsman who had completed a course at Carnegie Tech(now Carnegie Mellon) called 'Decorating arts & Science'. George approached every job as a restoration project and was loathe shortcut any procedure, however minor, that might adversely effect the final quality of his work. George practiced the absolute highest standards of the trade, and all of us under his tutelage learned the negative outcome of other than first rate workmanship. In 1977 I went to work for Artex Painting & Decorating Inc, a commercial painting contractor primarily serving the new construction market (hospital/office/retail) in the Greater Pittsburgh area. Commercial/New Construction is a somewhat different realm than residential, focusing primarily on quick & efficient completion. Commercial painting methods result in a slightly lower quality finished. As the local economy cooled and demand for commercial painting diminished, I found muself unemployed more frequently. It became necessary to switch paths and begin so I began doing some marketing to develop my own business. And here we are today.
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