How to sign a painting?

[Mikael Melbye]

What a relief to know that I'm not the only one struggling with this. It just seems so embarrassing when you have made a painting that you are fairly content with, and then put a helpless blob of lines resembling a first graders attempt of writing beneath it.

Chris, I've also resorted the method of writing in the wet paint. Actually the most permanent and easy of all. It cannot be removed by careless restorers later on, and you can actually write as you would on paper. But, you are right, I hover too. And there is something about the signature that somehow is final. I guess we never really finish our paintings, we just stop at a certain point.

Michelle, Yes, that sounds about right, I also have difficulty in making it straight. Now, forgive me for being a total idiot, but as a Dane I have been trying to figure out what OMS stands for. Either my wits are going or I had too much good Roman wine yesterday evening to be able to think straight. Could you help me out?

Linda, The rubber stamp I've actually seen on some of Monet's paintings believe it or not. Talk about industrious.

Kimberly, Maybe one should hire someone to do it for us. That would take the worries away.

Lots of love from Rome,

Mikael