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The work

Painted by hand, all of it.

Storefronts, glass, trucks, walls and one very nice stop sign. Every piece here was lettered and painted by Encara, mostly around Middle Tennessee.

Signs

Red stop sign hand painted to read Never STOP Dreaming with chrome style letters — Never STOP DreamingA stop sign she had laying around, with a chrome letter effect.

Shaped red sign reading Davis Boots and Spurs with a painted spur — Davis Boots & SpursHer own sign from an 8 week online class with SoCal Sign Painting Workshops.

Orange Bomber Bait Company sign with a painted yellow fishing lure — Bomber Bait CompanyTurned an old fishing lure from her grandfather’s things into a sign.

Blue sign reading May you have happiness and all the causes of happiness — All the causes of happinessFor a collector in Boulder, Colorado, hung on a wall of signs by painters from across the US.

Gold hanging sign for The Shoppe on Franklin under a downtown awning — The Shoppe on FranklinMetallic gold base, on a building over a century old.

Nacho Overland and Outdoor sign with shaded letters in a wood frame — Nacho Overland & OutdoorA 4 by 8 foot sign, her biggest at the time.

Brown Bowie Nature Park sign with a pine tree on an easel — Bowie Nature ParkSigns for the park at the heart of Fairview.

Wells Farms Produce Fairview Grown banner hung on a barn — Wells FarmsA produce banner for a Fairview farm, 100% hand done.

DELIVERIES arrow sign glowing with red neon — Liquid Fire NeonHer painted DELIVERIES arrow, later lit with neon by Liquid Fire Neon.

Windows

Lettering Where Neighbors on a storefront window — Vannie’s TableA 100% hand painted storefront for a shop all about local goods.

Encara painting WELCOME in orange on the inside of a window — WelcomeLettered in reverse from inside the glass.

Salazar's barbershop storefront with green and white window lettering — Salazar’s BarbershopColumbia. “I love this style of painting because it looks so nostalgic.”

Red window panel with blue B P flags and Wednesday to Sunday hours — Barista ParlorHand painted doors in bright colors.

Halloween window with a friendly ghost holding pizza and pumpkins — Zander’s PizzaGhost plus pizza. Complete creative freedom, still on brand.

Statue of Liberty with a 250 years sash and fireworks painted on a window — Gruening, 4th of JulyHer favorite holiday, full creative freedom.

Gold lettered Nacho Overland and Outdoor windows on an old bank — Nacho Overland & OutdoorGold windows to suit an old bank building.

Yellow Vannies Table lettering on glass doors — Vannie’s Table doorsTheir name in bold yellow on the glass.

Walls

Green mural reading Local Goods Better Company with jam jar and basket icons — Vannie’s Table muralPlayful and welcoming, and you can see it through the windows she also painted.

Vehicles

Patina 1951 Plymouth Cambridge door lettered Pioneer House — 1951 Plymouth CambridgeFor Cowboy Phil and Julie’s Pioneer House in Knoxville, true to the era of the car.

Encara painting red Pioneer House letters on the car door — On the doorLettering straight onto the original patina.

mei keit coffeeA 100% hand painted kei truck. Branding by Daybird Creative.

Glass globes

Several white glass globes lettered GAS in black — Rustic Ranch NashvilleGlobes for the tops of vintage gas pumps. Simple, historically accurate, and her first time painting on a sphere.

Lettering GAS on a glass globe — In progressOne letter at a time.

Close up of a GAS globe with glossy black letters — Up closeGot old pieces to bring back? Email or DM her.