Stearns Wharf

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.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

At the foot of State Street in downtown Santa Barbara, California, on the south coast about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. The wharf runs roughly 2,300 feet into the Santa Barbara Channel, with the Northern Channel Islands visible offshore on clear days.

It was completed in 1872 by John Peck Stearns, making it the oldest continuously operating wooden wharf on the California coast. The pilings have been replaced more than once after storm and fire damage, but the wharf has carried traffic in some form for over 150 years.

Yes. Cars may drive on and park along the deck for a fee, which is rare among California public piers. The single lane is shared with foot traffic; speeds are kept very low. The far end of the wharf is a turnaround.

The Santa Barbara Sea Center is a small saltwater aquarium and touch-tank exhibit operated by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History since 2005. It sits at the seaward end of Stearns Wharf, with viewing windows that look directly down into the channel.

Yes, more than once. The most serious fires came in 1973 and 1998, each followed by a substantial rebuild on the original alignment. Lesser repairs have been made after winter storm damage in the years between.

The City of Santa Barbara owns the wharf, through its Waterfront Department. James Cagney and his brothers William and Edward owned it from 1944 through the mid-twentieth century, until it was returned to the City in 1983.

No. Walking on Stearns Wharf is free and the deck is open every day. The fee applies only to vehicles parked along the deck, which is the unusual feature of this particular pier among California public wharves.

For someone who knows State Street, the courthouse, and the long view down the channel, a piece of Stearns Wharf carries the city quietly. A Small or Medium in the Glossy finish sits well in a hallway or study, with a handwritten note from the studio.

The Pacific blues, weathered pier-wood greys, and Santa Ynez foothill browns sit well in coastal-modern, California-modern, and Spanish-colonial revival rooms. The painterly treatment also reads as a single colour anchor in a more minimal space with linen and oak.

Yes. The current coastal-modern direction leans into painterly, illustrative work rather than literal photography. The stained-glass treatment of Stearns Wharf carries the place without becoming a postcard, and the channel blue plays well with bone, linen, and pale oak.

Above a sofa, a single Large at 24 inches anchors the wall; a 4-tile Mural at 36 inches fills a longer space. Above a console, the Medium or the smaller 4-tile Mural is the usual call.

Yes. The Dura Satin and Matte finishes are scratch-resistant and made for high-moisture rooms, including showers and full-height backsplashes. The Glossy finish is reserved for show-pieces and framed wall art rather than wet installations.

A microfibre cloth and water. No abrasive pads, no bleach. The colour lives in the surface of the tile and will not fade or scratch off in normal household use.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is drawn in Wender Studios' own visual language; the painting was made in-house, and the studio holds the original. We do not license third-party art.