Wender·Vista
Saint Vincent
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
in the Windward Islands, north of the Grenadines

Saint Vincent

— the green that grows back after the mountain.

— 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
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— 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

“The main island in the Windwards, with La Soufrière at the north end and Kingstown at the south. The volcano went off in April of 2021 and the ash reached Barbados. A few years on, the rainforest has come back faster than anyone expected. The fishing boats still leave Owia at first light.

from the studio
Saint Vincent
— bring it home

Saint Vincent, 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 Saint Vincent

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

Saint Vincent is the largest island in the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, in the southern Windward chain of the eastern Caribbean, between Saint Lucia to the north and Grenada to the south. It is volcanic in origin and runs roughly thirty kilometres long, dominated by La Soufrière at the north end at 1,234 metres. The capital is Kingstown on the leeward coast. The Botanical Gardens above the city, laid out in 1765, are the oldest in the western hemisphere and still hold a breadfruit tree descended from one Captain Bligh brought from Tahiti.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the water

The leeward coast runs to black sand at Wallilabou, Buccament, and Layou, where the volcanic origin reads in the colour of the beach itself. The windward coast is rougher; the Atlantic comes in straight and the fishing villages of Owia and Sandy Bay launch their boats in the dark. The reef off Bequia, across the Bequia Channel, has held generations of Vincentian boatbuilders. The water around the southern Grenadines stays warm year-round for swimming, though hurricane season runs from June through November and can turn it overnight.

— informed by SVG Tourism Authority
— the visit

There is no direct long-haul service to the island. Flights connect through Barbados, Saint Lucia, Trinidad, or Miami to Argyle International on the windward coast, opened in 2017. Driving the island takes about three hours end to end along a single coastal road that turns inland north of Georgetown. The climb up La Soufrière is a four-hour round trip on a good day and closes when the volcano is restless. Most visitors base in Kingstown or near Indian Bay and ferry out to Bequia for a day.

— informed by Wikipedia
— where
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Kingstown, Saint George Parish
— position
13.2528° N · 61.1971° 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.
25 km N
La Soufrière
active volcano
1 km N
Kingstown Botanical Gardens
botanical garden
14 km S
Bequia
Grenadine island
N
Saint Vincent
La Soufrière
Kingstown Botanical Gardens
Bequia
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Saint Vincent — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The largest island in the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, in the Windward chain of the eastern Caribbean, between Saint Lucia to the north and Grenada to the south.

An active stratovolcano at the northern end of the island, 1,234 metres high. Its most recent major eruption began in April 2021; ash fell as far as Barbados, two hundred kilometres east.

English is the official language, used in schools, government, and signage. Vincentian Creole, an English-based creole, is what most islanders speak at home and on the radio.

Argyle International Airport opened in 2017 with regional connections through Barbados, Saint Lucia, Trinidad, and Miami. Ferries link the main island to Bequia and the southern Grenadines daily from Kingstown.

Bananas were the dominant export for decades; arrowroot, breadfruit, mango, and cocoa still grow widely. The Botanical Gardens in Kingstown, founded in 1765, are the oldest in the western hemisphere.

Both. The leeward coast of the main island runs to black volcanic sand; the southern Grenadines, built on coral, run to white. Mustique and the Tobago Cays sit on the white end of that gradient.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for our customers with Vincentian ties. The island is small and held tightly by its people, and a Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well across the diaspora.

The deep blues and tropical greens in the artwork sit well in Coastal-modern rooms, in tropical-modernist interiors with rattan and teak, and in any space already holding warm whites or pale plaster.

A single Large reads from across the room above a console. For a longer console a four-tile Mural holds the leeward-coast horizontal well. A nine-tile Mural belongs above a full sofa.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and suited to vertical installation in humid rooms. The Glossy finish is best kept to dry walls and framed wall art.

A microfibre cloth with a little water. No abrasives, no ammonia. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath a thin protective finish, so the tile cleans like a window.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is the studio's own work, hand-finished in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license other artists and the visual language is consistent across the atlas.

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