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Michael Robinson

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Just posted a wet summers day stop whinging pic. messy, messy oil pastels.  Ugh. 

Angela Kingham

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I'm very consistent..this 1cm square rebus signature always appears on the front, bottom left, always in silver. There is always a full signature, date and catalogue number on the back of the canvas, lower right. A branding decision.

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Mick Saunders

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When I remember to add a signature, it goes where it fits on the painting.  I see signatures as a neccessary evil on art work, and my signature goes in anywhere it can fit, as unabtrusively as posible.bestMick
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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All too often, I forget to sign at all ... and I'm not consistent in the way I sign when I remember to; really should rectify this....  <div> </div><div>Bernard Buffet (I think it was) made a feature of his signature, in colours complementary to the painting very often.  </div>

Caroline Greene

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Hmm, good thread, Michael, this is an annoying ongoing dissatisfaction for me. Unfortunately, my normal signature in everyday life is a series of loopy loops that looks like a coil spring, and it'd look really odd on a painting - I suspect people would think "What is that roll of barbed wire doing there?". So I find signing my work quite difficult, and how I'm signing at the moment is annoying me because my writing's quite neat and it looks too careful. Sigh. Very good point about waiting til you've decided on the framing, too. Slight tangent, I was advised not to write the year next to my signature in case it puts potential buyers off if they see an old date. Not that I've put anything up for sale as yet.

Pat Harrison

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A very interesting thread Michael. Like yourself I also sign my work at the bottom of the painting either to the left or to the right depending on where it fits in best. The signature goes on last when the work is finished. Although I sometimes go in and add a few touches here and there after signing. I only use initials since my long name might start to compete with the painting otherwise. There is a full signature on the back however. This is complemented by a printed sticker displaying my web address. Hopefully the glue will not show through on the front in years to come. The mount can cause problems when it hides part of the signature. I also add the last two digits of the year partly for me to remember when the work was completed and partly because I think it is customary. Here I do not think people would regard it as a sell by date. After all the old masters are still very much sought after. Not that mine ever will be ;-)
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Michael Edwards

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Yes my usual signature for cheques is completely undecipherable as a result of a lifetime of signing cheques and documents so I have had to adopt a readable signature for my paintings. As for the year I avoid adding the date as I have witnessed potential purchasers saying something like ‘oh he painted it x years ago and hasn’t sold it yet ‘ - the implication being it can’t be that good