Tim Bauman

Tim Bauman’s roots are in the fertile sign design soil of the Chicago area, where he served a union apprenticeship at the legendary Foster & Kleiser outdoor advertising company. He attended the union sign school, Washburn Trade School, in the same program that trained Bob Behounek and many other young Chicagoland sign painters who went on to inspire and influence the trade. SignCraft talked with him about his 40-year career, which has landed him in California’s wine country:

It’s been an interesting adventure. My background is in fine arts and graphic design, and I’ve built my career around those interests. Though I started off as an apprentice at Foster & Kleiser, I was more interested in commercial and custom work, so I eventually moved from billboard work to commercial signs.