Wender·Vista
Dallas
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
north Texas, on the Trinity River

Dallas

— — a city the prairie made room for.

— 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

“Dallas grew on a flat bend of the Trinity River, where the Texas blackland prairie gives way to the cross timbers. The skyline reads as a single bright shape from the highway: Reunion Tower's lit ball, the green outline of Bank of America Plaza, the white arch of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. The light here is wide. Sunset takes its time.

from the studio
Dallas
— bring it home

Dallas, 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 Dallas

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

Dallas sits in north-central Texas at the edge of the blackland prairie, on a slow bend of the Trinity River. The city was founded in 1841 by Tennessee lawyer John Neely Bryan at a natural ford and incorporated in 1856. The current population of the city proper is about 1.3 million; the wider Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area is around 8.1 million, the fourth-largest in the United States. Elevation runs roughly 130 metres, with no surrounding hills to interrupt the horizon.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the light

The Dallas sky is famously open. With no nearby mountain range and a generally low cloud ceiling, sunsets stretch fifteen to twenty minutes longer than in cities at the same latitude. Photographers describe the late-afternoon light as flat amber, colour without strong shadow direction. The 2012 Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge over the Trinity, with Santiago Calatrava's white arch, is lit from below and catches that amber until the sky deepens. From Reunion Tower the horizon shows a clean three-hundred-sixty degrees.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the visit

The compact downtown is walkable from Reunion Tower to Klyde Warren Park, the five-acre deck park built over Woodall Rodgers Freeway in 2012. The Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center sit in the adjacent Arts District, which the city describes as the largest contiguous arts district in the United States at nineteen blocks. Dealey Plaza and the Sixth Floor Museum are a short walk west. DART light rail runs from downtown to Plano, Garland, and Dallas Love Field.

— informed by Dallas Arts District
— where
United States · Dallas County, Texas
— elevation
130 m · 430 ft
— position
32.7767° N · 96.7970° 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.
50 km W
Fort Worth
sister city
1 km downtown
Klyde Warren Park
deck park
1 km W
Dealey Plaza
historic plaza
at the lake
Trinity River
river
N
Dallas
Fort Worth
Klyde Warren Park
Dealey Plaza
Trinity River
— common questions

What people ask.

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

The Trinity River, a 1,140-kilometre Texas river that originates north of Fort Worth and empties into Galveston Bay. The Dallas reach is held inside a wide flood-control levee corridor crossed by several signature bridges.

The city has about 1.3 million residents inside its limits and around 8.1 million across the Dallas–Fort Worth metro, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. It covers roughly 999 square kilometres.

Tennessee lawyer John Neely Bryan settled the site in 1841 at a natural ford on the Trinity River. The town was formally incorporated by the Texas legislature in 1856 and named for a Dallas whose identity remains unsettled.

Reunion Tower, the 171-metre observation tower with its illuminated geodesic ball, completed in 1978. Bank of America Plaza, lit in green argon at night, is the tallest building at 281 metres.

Nineteen contiguous downtown blocks of arts institutions, including the Dallas Museum of Art, the Nasher Sculpture Center, the Crow Museum, the Meyerson Symphony Center, and the Winspear Opera House. The city calls it the largest arts district in the country.

The Trinity River, on the west edge of downtown Dallas. Designed by Santiago Calatrava and opened in 2012, it carries a single 120-metre white arch with cables fanning down to the deck.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well to people who grew up with that skyline. The piece reads as the city itself, not a tourist marker. A Medium suits a desk wall, a Large suits a living room, and a Keepsake travels easily.

The deep night-sky palette and warm amber accents sit in Mountain-modern, quiet Maximalist, and contemporary Texas-modern rooms. The horizontal skyline composition reads especially well above a low credenza or behind a dining table.

Yes. Texas-modern leans into wide horizons, warm limestone neutrals, and one strong colour accent, qualities the piece carries directly. A Large or 4-tile Mural anchors a feature wall in this style.

A Large reads above a console or smaller sofa. For a standard three-seat sofa, a 4-tile Mural sits in proportion; a 9-tile Mural is for tall walls and feature installations in larger rooms.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and tolerate steam and splashes. Glossy is for dry walls only. The colour lives in the surface and will not lift.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in one Knoxville studio with no outside licensing. Reid Wender chooses each place and finishes each tile before it ships.

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