Wender·Vista
Colorado Springs
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
at the eastern foot of Pikes Peak

Colorado Springs

— — the mountain that decides the weather.

— 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

“A city of about 480,000 sitting a mile above sea level, with Pikes Peak rising another 8,000 feet straight out of its western edge. The light shifts hour by hour as clouds catch on the summit and slide off. Red sandstone at Garden of the Gods. Cold mornings, dry afternoons, a horizon that takes some getting used to. — from the studio

from the studio
Colorado Springs
— bring it home

Colorado Springs, 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 Colorado Springs

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

Colorado Springs sits in El Paso County at the eastern foot of Pikes Peak, the 14,115-foot summit that gave the country the phrase "Pikes Peak or bust." The city was laid out in 1871 by William Jackson Palmer, a Civil War general and railroad builder who wanted a resort town on the high prairie. Elevation at the city centre is 6,035 feet. Today it holds the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Centre, and roughly 480,000 residents along the Front Range.

— the stone

Garden of the Gods, on the city's west side, is a registered National Natural Landmark of upended red and white sandstone fins, some rising 300 feet from the meadow floor. The rock is Lyons and Fountain formation, deposited when this part of Colorado was a coastal plain, then tilted vertical when the ancestral Rockies rose. Charles Elliott Perkins bought the land in 1879; his children deeded it to the city in 1909 with a condition that admission stay free forever. It still is.

— the air

At a mile above the sea, the air thins enough to change how the place looks. Light carries further, shadows sharpen, and afternoon thunderheads build over Pikes Peak almost daily in summer before sliding east across the prairie. The Cog Railway, running since 1891, climbs from Manitou Springs to the 14,115-foot summit in about three hours, gaining nearly 8,000 feet of altitude. Visitors often feel the change at the top. Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful" after a wagon ride up in 1893.

— where
United States · El Paso County, Colorado
— elevation
1,839 m · 6,035 ft
— position
38.8339° N · 104.8214° 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.
6 km W
Garden of the Gods
red sandstone park
10 km W
Manitou Springs
spa town
19 km W
Pikes Peak Summit
14er
16 km N
United States Air Force Academy
service academy
11 km SW
Cheyenne Mountain
mountain
N
Colorado Springs
Garden of the Gods
Manitou Springs
Pikes Peak Summit
United States Air Force Academy
Cheyenne Mountain
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Colorado Springs — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The city centre sits at 6,035 feet above sea level, a full mile up. Pikes Peak, on the western edge of town, rises another 8,000 feet to a summit elevation of 14,115 feet.

Pikes Peak is the 14,115-foot summit that inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write "America the Beautiful" in 1893. It is reached by the Cog Railway from Manitou Springs or the 19-mile Pikes Peak Highway.

The city was platted in 1871 by William Jackson Palmer, a Civil War general and Denver and Rio Grande Railway founder who envisioned a high-prairie resort town along the Front Range of the Rockies.

Charles Elliott Perkins bought the land in 1879. His children deeded it to the City of Colorado Springs in 1909 with the condition that admission stay free in perpetuity. The condition still holds.

Late May through September brings warm days and reliable access to high country. Autumn aspens peak in late September. Winters are dry and sunny but Pikes Peak Highway closes above tree line during heavy snow.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well. Garden of the Gods and the silhouette of Pikes Peak are the two images former residents tend to recognise first. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio travels nicely.

The reds and ochres of the sandstone read well in Mountain-modern, Southwestern, and warm-neutral interiors. The work also holds its own against the cooler palettes of Minimalist or Scandinavian rooms.

Yes. The Pikes Peak silhouette and high-prairie light line up with the Alpine-modern look that has grown across the Mountain West, especially when paired with leather, wool, and warm-toned wood.

A single Large reads beautifully above most sofas. For a longer wall or a statement above a console, the 4-tile Mural opens the image up; the 9-tile Mural is the gallery-scale option.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and rated for vertical wet installations such as backsplashes and shower walls. The Glossy finish is best kept to dry rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth and clean water. The colour is sealed beneath the surface and will not lift. Avoid abrasive pads or solvent-based cleaners; neither is needed.

Yes. Every WenderVista image is original to our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, painted in our stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. No licensing, no third-party imagery.

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