I need help with identifying this plate

San Juan Cap Original Painting / Sign
If was crafted by a man from Tustin, CA between 1998-2004. He made the whole piece, meant to lo look old.

 

I'm not sure what you are looking for. If you know who made it and when, what is the question?

 

I actually don't know who made it so I'm looking for artist's name. I know that it is going to be very hard to find him...

 

If I were to guess....& it would just be a guess....I'd say the plate is hiding behind the one of the signs......

 

In that case, you may never find out. There are hundreds of people who paint signs like this. I've painted signs like this. I used to do it as a business. I doubt anyone would pay a lot for an old sign I made. There's another poster on here who was also a sign painter.

 

Couple suggestions - Should we assume that you have looked these over very carefully, both front and back, for evidence of a signature? I can't imagine the artist not signing them somewhere. Second - Have you tried contacting the newspaper that covers the Tustin area to see if they have archives you could search through?

 

Thank you for your suggestions. There is no signature.

 

I never put a signature on signs that I painted. Why would you? At the time, I didn't consider them works of art. Most of the ones I painted were on storefront windows.

Bakersgma has a good idea - call the historical societies in both towns. I'm still wondering - who told you that it was painted by a man from Tustin? The person who sold you the sign? If they knew where he was from, are you sure they don't have more info?