shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileCanada

in Howe Sound, a short ferry from West Vancouver

Bowen Island

— — the city left behind at the dock.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.

— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand

— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines

— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall

— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround

— a note from the studio

“A small island in Howe Sound, twenty minutes by ferry from Horseshoe Bay. The boat lands at Snug Cove, where the General Store has been open since 1925 and the old steamship dock still holds the village together. A trail walks out to Killarney Lake through second-growth cedar; another climbs Mount Gardner for the view back across the strait to the North Shore mountains. The water is cold all summer. The ferry whistle marks the hours. from the studio

from the studio

— bring it home

Bowen Island, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?

One tile — square or rectangle.

How big?

the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand

6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb

Surface finish

A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.

How it sits

A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.

$58

Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.

— size

6 × 6 in

15 cm

— weighs

1.6 lb

solid in the hand

— surface

ceramic, hand-finished

art rests beneath a thin glossy finish

— from

Knoxville, TN

our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies

— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Bowen Island

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.

— the place

Bowen Island is a 50-square-kilometre island at the mouth of Howe Sound, in southwestern British Columbia. It is reached in twenty minutes by BC Ferries from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver, with the ferry docking at Snug Cove. Around 4,250 residents live on the island year-round. Its high point is Mount Gardner at 727 metres. The island is part of Metro Vancouver Regional District and contains Crippen Regional Park, which protects the wetlands around Killarney Lake and the old growth around Bridal Veil Falls.

— informed by Wikipedia — Bowen Island

— the water

Howe Sound is a fjord, deep and cold, and Bowen sits near its mouth where the sound opens to the Strait of Georgia. In 2021 UNESCO designated the sound, called Átl'ḵa7tsem in Squamish, as a Biosphere Region in recognition of its recovering ecosystems — humpback whales returned in the 2010s after decades of absence, and pods of orcas pass through. From the Snug Cove dock the water reads pewter most mornings, then turns deep green by mid-afternoon when the sun climbs over the North Shore.

— informed by Wikipedia — Howe Sound, UNESCO — Átl'ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound Biosphere

— where

Canada · Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

— within

Crippen Regional Park

— position

49.3833° N · 123.3667° W

— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.

5 km E

Horseshoe Bay

ferry village

12 km NW

Gibsons

Sunshine Coast town

20 km SE

Vancouver

city

Bowen Island

Horseshoe Bay

Gibsons

Vancouver

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Bowen Island — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

BC Ferries runs a twenty-minute crossing from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver to Snug Cove on Bowen. Sailings run roughly hourly through the day, carrying both vehicles and walk-on passengers.

Snug Cove is the village at the ferry dock — the commercial centre of the island. The General Store has been operating since 1925, and most cafés, the library, and the marina cluster around the cove.

A small freshwater lake in Crippen Regional Park, reached by an easy 8-kilometre loop trail from Snug Cove. It has a swimming dock and a boardwalk through the wetlands at its north end.

Mount Gardner is 727 metres, the highest point on Bowen Island. The summit trail is around 16 kilometres return from Snug Cove and looks west across Howe Sound to the Sunshine Coast.

Yes. Howe Sound is a deep glacial fjord on the southwest coast of British Columbia. UNESCO designated it the Átl'ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound Biosphere Region in 2021.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The island is a place full-time and weekend residents feel strongly about. A Small or Medium with the Snug Cove view carries the daily ferry-and-mountain shape of the place well.

The palette is cool green, fog grey, and sound-blue. It sits well with Pacific-Northwest-modern, Coastal-modern, and Japandi rooms — and with rooms anchored by cedar, hemlock, or weathered wood.

Yes. It reads as fine art rather than tourist print, which is where cabin interiors have moved — quieter walls, one strong piece per room, natural materials around it.

A single Large covers most sofas. For a longer wall, a 4-tile Mural reads as one continuous piece. For a feature wall, a 9-tile Mural fills a wider span.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface, so steam, splashes, and cleaning do not affect it.

A soft microfibre cloth with water is all it needs. No chemical cleaners; nothing sits on the surface to wear off.

— if this one stayed with you