Scrollway to Heaven: A Rewarding Return for Mark Oatis

It’s now 25 years since Mark Oatis designed the original signs and branding for the Green Valley Ranch (GVR) casino in Las Vegas. With an overarching ‘Argentine Ranch’ theme, he recalls that “everything began with hand lettering”. This included the GVR monogram that the owner selected as the property’s logotype after Mark had penned it directly onto the cover page of the art package delivered to the casino.Mark Oatis’ Green Valley Ranch monogram and its manifestation above the entrance to the casino and resort.More from the feast of hand-lettered work that Mark designed and delivered for Green Valley Ranch. “It was great project” says Mark, and, after a move to YESCO and the passing of nearly 20 years, he hadn’t given it much more thought. That was until a YESCO sales rep walked into his office in 2020 to ask if he’d been involved with the original work on GVR’s signs. Which, of course, he had.Part of the project involved casting hundreds of tiles with this acanthus leaf design. Mark…