Picture it Painted Professionally - Winners
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    A number of recurring themes within PDCA - professionalism, image, dedication to craft, keeping up with the latest techniques (not to mention tremendous marketing opportunities) - all come together in the annual Picture it Painted Professionally contest. A highlight of convention week, 16 plaques were awarded to 11 contractors at the annual Awards Luncheon in Anaheim in February. A video tape featuring a look at all the winning entries was also shown to appreciative audience.
     Sponsored this year solely by PCDA and open to members and nonmembers alike, the 12-year-old competition honors the creative and skillful application of paint and coatings by contractors nationwide. Five categories of entries were judged by an independent panel of industry representatives on the basis of use of color, use of specialty paint techniques and unusual treatments, overall skill and execution. The industrial category was judged on a slightly different basis