Wender·Vista
Hoover Dam Arizona side
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileArizona
the Arizona abutment of the dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River

Hoover Dam Arizona side

— — the wall the river agreed to stand still against.

— 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 Arizona-side approach to Hoover Dam, where U.S. 93 drops out of the Black Mountains and the canyon opens onto the dam crest. A 726-foot concrete arch-gravity wall holding back Lake Mead, completed in 1936 and standing on the Arizona–Nevada line. The Arizona abutment carries the visitor parking structure, the original Winged Figures of the Republic on the dam crest, and the long view downriver to the Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, the 2010 span that lifted U.S. 93 traffic 900 feet above the river.

from the studio
Hoover Dam Arizona side
— bring it home

Hoover Dam Arizona side, 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 Hoover Dam Arizona side

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

Hoover Dam spans Black Canyon on the Colorado River at the Arizona–Nevada state line, about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas. It is a concrete arch-gravity dam, 726 feet tall and 1,244 feet long across the crest, completed in 1936 and operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Lake Mead, the reservoir it holds, is the largest by volume in the United States when full. The Arizona side of the dam sits in Mohave County within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and holds the main visitor parking garage and the eastern abutment overlook.

— the stone

The dam holds about 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete poured between 1933 and 1935 in interlocking blocks cooled by an embedded grid of one-inch steel pipe carrying refrigerated water; without that system the curing concrete would still be cooling today. On the dam crest, Oskar J. W. Hansen’s 30-foot bronze Winged Figures of the Republic stand on the Nevada side, while the Arizona side carries the original Art Deco intake towers and the upstream face. The dam was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.

— the visit

The Arizona-side parking garage is the primary visitor parking and was the through-route for U.S. 93 until the Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge opened on October 19, 2010, lifting through-traffic about 900 feet above the river. The Bureau of Reclamation runs the dam tour and the powerplant tour daily; tickets are sold on site and at recreation.gov. Walking the dam crest is free. Summer afternoons on the Black Canyon walls regularly run above 110 degrees Fahrenheit; early morning is the comfortable window.

— where
United States · Mohave County, Arizona
— within
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
— elevation
376 m · 1,232 ft
— position
36.0161° N · 114.7378° 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.
1 km S
Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
bridge
2 km N
Lake Mead
reservoir
13 km W
Boulder City
town
22 km S
Willow Beach
river beach
N
Hoover Dam Arizona side
Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
Lake Mead
Boulder City
Willow Beach
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Hoover Dam Arizona side — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The main visitor parking garage, the eastern abutment overlook, the upstream Art Deco intake towers, and the entrance to the Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge walkway. The state line runs across the dam crest.

Hoover Dam is 726 feet tall and 1,244 feet long across the crest. It was the tallest dam in the world when completed in 1936 and remains the tallest concrete arch-gravity dam in the Western Hemisphere.

Construction ran from 1931 to 1936 under the Bureau of Reclamation, with the main concrete pour from 1933 to 1935. The dam was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 30, 1935 and put fully into service in 1936.

The Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, a 1,900-foot concrete arch carrying U.S. 93 about 900 feet above the Colorado River. It opened October 19, 2010 and rerouted through-traffic off the dam crest.

Yes. The dam crest is open to pedestrians during posted hours and the walk crosses from Nevada to Arizona at the state line painted on the surface. Vehicle traffic across the crest is limited to local access.

Summer afternoons in Black Canyon regularly run above 110 degrees Fahrenheit. The canyon walls hold heat into the evening. Early morning between November and March is the most comfortable visit window.

— about the piece in your home

It has carried well for our customers with Bureau of Reclamation ties and for families with Boulder City roots. The piece reads the canyon wall and the dam line without staging the crowd. A Medium with a studio note travels well.

It sits well in Art Deco, industrial-modern, and desert-modern rooms. The concrete grey, basalt black, and Colorado River blue here read against oiled walnut, brushed steel, and unbleached linen without fighting them.

Yes. Industrial-modern and Art Deco revival pieces have stayed steady through 2025 and 2026 shelter coverage. The dam’s engineered geometry and Deco linework sit at the centre of that look.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large reads at scale; for a longer wall, a 4-tile Mural carries the dam and bridge together; above a wide console, a 9-tile Mural turns the wall into Black Canyon.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for vertical installations and humid rooms. Both are scratch-resistant and hold their colour against steam and splash. Glossy is for framed wall pieces.

A dry microfibre cloth for dust. A microfibre damp with water for anything more. Skip ammonia, citrus, and abrasive sprays. The colour lives in the ceramic surface and does not need polishing.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license third-party art and we do not sell stock photography on tile.

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