I am a Colorado Native
of 48 yrs, I graduated from
East High School, class of 1973. The classes of 73-74
had graduates such as Philip Bailey
from the group Earth Wind & Fire. We also had
Joe Barry
Carroll who entered the NBA in
the 1977-
78 season after playing for the Purdue Boilermakers and was the NBA #1 pick in the draft by the Golden State Warriors.
The following summer of 1974 I started
driving a delivery truck for Kwall Paint Store on
South Broadway & Alameda. From time to time painting
contractors would ask
me if I knew of any painters looking
for work; my answer was always, "No." One Friday afternoon
I was delivering painting supplies to a painter who was in
his late 60's. He asked me: "How much money
are you making driving that delivery truck?" I
answered, "$4.30 an
hour." He then said if
you start working for me I will pay you $8.00 an hour and
teach you how to paint (I then gave my 2 week notice at
the paint store) and that's how my career as a painter
started.
My first day on the job was painting a 200 ft
radio tower in the middle of nowhere. Actually back in
the 70's that tower was close to
Boulder. Learning from an "Old-Timer" my
knowledge advanced very quickly. In the years to come I
worked for the top paint companies in the Metro
Denver Area non-union & union, companies such as:
Lundquist Painting, Taylor Painting, Brown
Brothers, Denver Housing Authority, and
University Hospital.
In the early 1990's my ex-wife,
Shelley,
persuaded me to start my own business. Since
that day A Masters Touch Painting has painted
1,000's of homes in the Metro Denver Area. Over
80% of my work has been preformed in the Broomfield, Westminster, Louisville &
Superior area. A Masters Touch Painting promises
to paint your home or
business with the highest quality
paint job that money can buy! We don't just say, "A professional job, without the
professional price" for nothing, we mean it.
I owe it all to that gentleman in his late 60's who gave a young
19 year old a chance. The "Old-Timer" told me words
that I held on to 'till this very day, he said: "Carl
if you want to be the best painter you can be, you will
never go wrong - if every house you paint, you paint
it as if you were painting GOD'S throne." That "Old-Timer" was
known as Alex, and he
has been gone now for 22 years. But
his words of wisdom still ring in my ears and that is why A Masters Touch Painting is
the most recognized painting company in the Northern Colorado area.
All my Thanks to Alex "The Master"
--Carl Ibarra, Owner, A Masters Touch Painting
--Carl Ibarra, Owner, A Masters Touch Painting
