Ruby's Painting and Contracting: Painting, Perseverance and Purpose

Written for Riverside Center for Innovation’s #ThrivingBusinessThursday.

Morish Wilson first picked up a brush to paint buildings when he was 14 years old.

Morish is the founder of Ruby’s Painting and Contracting, LLC.

Ruby’s Painting and Contracting specializes in interior and exterior painting for commercial, residential, and industrial contracts (like bridges, mills, and industrial plants) throughout Pittsburgh and Allegheny and Westmoreland counties.

The team recently completed a job painting massive fuel tanks for Pittsburgh International Airport, and will also be painting a former church and school building turned community initiative in Sheraden by former Pittsburgh Steeler Joey Porter and his wife, Christy.

As someone passionate about family and helping others, Morish employs both his daughter and son, and named the business after his late mother.

“I’m extremely passionate about what we do and passionate to put her name on it and carry it,” he says.

Morish found RCI through a networking event. Since then, he’s participated in countless programs and services, including BizFIT, and has obtained help with getting certifications, large contracts, and other aspects of business.

“RCI is AMAZING, with all caps,” Morish says. “That whole organization and the whole team is creative, passionate about what they do, hands-on, trailblazers... really, really good people.”

Ruby’s Painting and Contracting even painted the outside of RCI’s building on the North Shore.

Morish urges people to never give up on what they believe in, and to always have purpose.

“You hear people say that over and over, but it’s real,” he says.