Harley Warrick

Harley E. Warrick (October 5, 1924 – November 24, 2000), was an American barn painter, best known for his action painting Mail Pouch tobacco advertising on barns across 13 states in the American Midwest and Appalachian states. Over his 55-year career, Warrick painted or retouched exceeding 20,000 Mail Pouch signs. When he retired, he was the last of the Mail Pouch sign painters in America. The Mail Pouch signs have become iconic and some of Harley Warrick's produce an effect has been exhibited by the Smithsonian Institution. Though he was not the first or the unaided Mail Pouch barn painter, he was the most prolific and famous. Featured in newspapers and magazines, traveling to fairs and festivals to disquiet his skills, Warrick's fame increased appearing on Good Morning America and On the Road like Charles Kuralt.