SMA PLT UNABLE TO LOCATE TXWY SIGN CROSSES HOLD LINE BUT STOPS PRIOR TO RWY.

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AFTER LNDG AT LNS IN MY SMA ON RWY 26; THE GND CTLR SAID TO TURN L ON TXWY G; R ON D AND HOLD. SO; I TURNED L ON G TO ITS END; TURNED R; LOOKING FOR TXWY D. AT THAT TIME; I SAW THE RWY ABOUT 150 FT AHEAD; SO I BRAKED TO STOP. AT THE SAME TIME THE CTLR CALLED AND SAID TO STOP AND THAT I HAD CROSSED THE HOLD LINE. I SAW THE LINE ON THE RWY; BUT STILL HAD NOT FOUND TXWY D AS INSTRUCTED. THE LINE WAS 10 OR 15 FT BEHIND ME; AND I WAS STILL MORE THAN 100 FT FROM THE RWY; WHEN I STOPPED. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINS; THE CTLR CLRED ME TO THE PARKING AREA AND SAID TO CALL THE TWR AFTER TIEDOWN. AT THAT TIME; THE CTLR SAID HE WAS GOING TO SEND THIS TO THE FSDO AS A VIOLATION OF THE HOLD POINT. THE PROB AROSE BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO FOLLOW THE CTLR'S INSTRUCTIONS AS GIVEN; THERE BEING NO TXWY D MARKING AT THE 'G' TO 'D' INTXN. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE UNUSUALLY LONG DISTANCE FROM THE HOLD LINE TO THE RWY (I DIDN'T THINK I COULD HAVE BEEN AT THE HOLD POINT YET). CORRECTIVE ACTION SHOULD BE A MARKER ON TXWY 'D' AT 'G' TO 'D' INTXN. ALSO; THERE SHOULD BE A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION FOR THE VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS OF AVIATION SAFETY BTWN CTLRS AND PLTS. THIS IS NOT THE CASE AT THIS ARPT. AS PLT OF THE ACFT INVOLVED; I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY AND OTHER'S SAFETY AFTER THIS INCIDENT; AND WENT TO A TRAINING INSTRUCTOR AND GOT A THOROUGH CHKOUT ON GND OPS AT LNS. I HAVE ALSO PRESENTLY BEEN TRAINING IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE WINGS PROGRAM FOR AVIATION SAFETY AT THIS TIME. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THERE HAS BEEN NO FAA FOLLOW UP AT THIS TIME. HE DID MENTION LACK OF SIGNAGE TO TWR WITH NOT MUCH RESPONSE. MENTIONED HOLD LINE POORLY VISIBLE AS WELL. SPEAKING WITH LCL PLTS AND INSTRUCTORS HE CONTACTED; THERE SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN OF ATC PERSONNEL OVER-ASSERTIVENESS REGARDING HOLD POINTS AT THIS ARPT. RPTR NEVER EVEN CAME CLOSE TO ENTERING THE RWY. RPTR FEELS THERE SHOULD BE COOPERATION; NOT AGGRESSION BTWN PLTS AND ATC. HE IS VERY SAFETY ORIENTED.