Professional Decorative Painters Association

10/27/2021

Looking back this was one of the most incredible Decorative Painting events. These are the original first draft designs for the 2011 PDPA Education Summit made by Wendy & Andre. Special thanks to the kids for helping with every little detail including cooking for the 150 people who attended. Someday, given time and resources, we will release the content of this event. Panels, videos, lectures, music, improv theater and more.

06/06/2021

PDPA Education Summit exploring the use of facial geometry to design ornamentation.

04/12/2016

Need help with pricing and understanding national averages? Here is a great resource to help get you started: http://pdpa.org/?page_id=164

These prices serve as guidelines to derive general budgetary numbers for the bidding and design process. These numbers are subject to variation based on...

02/02/2016

The Painters Institute is for all professional painters, apprentices, contractors, trainers, and their continuing professional, technical and business development

01/06/2016

The footage in the 2010 Education Summit Advertisement was taken at the International Decorative Painters Salon in Chicago 2008 hosted by Michele Santilli. This was the first competition like it and it sparked many others to follow. We will be releasing more footage of the others soon and our conversations about the next PDPA Education Summit have considered an entire event based on this concept... Stay tuned.

11/04/2015

The Professional Decorative Painters Association provided an expansion on its Code of Ethics Section 3a on “Conceptual presentations/Control samples” to the California State Contractors Licensing Board. Contributing Authors: André Martinez, Pierre Finkelstein, Dean Sickler and Janie Ellis.

11/03/2015

How to use decorative painting to stunning effect, according to the AD archives

10/31/2015

Here is another exhibit panel from the 2011 PDPA Education Summit. This panel provides resources to explore symmetry in relation to human biology and ornamentation.

10/14/2015

Referred by the PDPA, member Bill Rolling worked in conjunction with Conrad Schmitt Studios to paint the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Westminster CO.

10/09/2015

Wanted: Master Decorative Painter. The PDPA and the National Trust for Historic Preservation are seeking a qualified Level 4 or higher full time painter at the Michigan State Capital Commission. http://www.preservationnation.org/career-center/forum/MASTER-DECORATIVE-PAINTER.html

The employee in the position of Master Decorative Painter at the 1879 Michigan State Capitol is responsible for the restoration, maintenance, and preservation of over nine acres of decoratively painted surfaces in the building.

10/01/2015

Although the end result is advertising PDPA members to the architectural and interior design communities, this is about way much more than that.

09/27/2015

At the request of Susan Reed here are the key panels of the 2011 PDPA Exhibit.