Pat Denner
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Pat Denner is the designer of Vegas Vic. In 1951, the Young Electric Sign Company in Salt Lake City commissioned Mr. Denner to design an illustration for the manufacturing such neon sign. He also was commissioned to design Wendover Will for The Stateline Casino in West Wendover, Nevada in 1952.
Pat also designed in 1952 the first seat-down menus for Harman Restaurants, home of the Kentucky Fried Chicken in Salt Lake City and then created the likeness of Col. Harlan Sanders for the menus and posterity. Back then the franchise was not established and Harman Restaurants had only two locations in Salt Lake City.
The 1950s were productive and creative for Mr. Denner as an art director and graphic designer. From his studio at Denner & Associates located at the corner of Main and Broadway in Salt lake City he handled many of the prestigious accounts of those days, such Walker Bank, Equitable Oil Company, Auerbachs Stores, Harman Restaurants, Dee Restaurants and others.
Nowadays, Mr. Denner spends his days creating oils, watercolors and portraiture for many selected clients like the U.S Ski & Snowboard Association in Park City and others from his store front studio in Broadway.
Mr. Denner is the subject of a documentary about Americana Iconography, Outdoor Advertising, Graphic Design and it's influence in the popular culture. The film is entitled Howdy Pardner, The Tale of Two Mechanical Cowboys.
