Wender·Vista
Delaware River
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileDelaware · United States
from the Catskills to Delaware Bay

Delaware River

— the river that still runs free.

— 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

“Three hundred miles of water from the western Catskills down to the bay. The only major river on the eastern seaboard left undammed along its main stem, which is why the shad still climb it and the eagles still winter along the upper reaches. Trenton on one side, Morrisville on the other. Washington crossed it once, in the snow.

from the studio
Delaware River
— bring it home

Delaware River, 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 Delaware River

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

The Delaware rises in two branches in the western Catskills of New York and runs about 330 miles to the head of Delaware Bay, draining a basin of roughly 13,500 square miles across four states. It forms the New York–Pennsylvania, New Jersey–Pennsylvania, and New Jersey–Delaware borders along the way, threading the Delaware Water Gap and passing Trenton, Philadelphia, and Wilmington before tidewater. The Upper Delaware and the Middle Delaware corridors are administered by the National Park Service as Wild and Scenic River units.

— the water

It is the longest undammed river east of the Mississippi on its main stem, and that shapes everything downstream. American shad still run up from the Atlantic each spring, and bald eagles winter in numbers along the upper reaches above Hancock and Narrowsburg. Striped bass spawn in the tidal stretch near Trenton. The Delaware River Basin Commission has coordinated flow and water-quality management among four states and the federal government since 1961, and the river supplies drinking water to roughly 13 million people.

— the year

On the night of December 25, 1776, George Washington crossed the river from Pennsylvania to surprise the Hessian garrison at Trenton the following morning, a turn that helped keep the Continental Army together through that winter. Washington Crossing Historic Park preserves the launch site, and a reenactment is held there each Christmas. The river later carried anthracite coal, lumber rafts out of the Catskills, and canal trade between the Lehigh Valley and the port of Bristol. Most of that industry is gone; the water runs cleaner than it has in a century.

— where
United States · NY · PA · NJ · DE
— within
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
— 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.
at the lake
Delaware Water Gap
river gap
at the lake
Hancock, New York
headwaters town
at the lake
Washington Crossing
historic park
at the lake
Trenton, New Jersey
river city
at the lake
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
river city
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Delaware River
Delaware Water Gap
Hancock, New York
Washington Crossing
Trenton, New Jersey
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
— common questions

What people ask.

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

It runs about 330 miles from its source in the western Catskills to Delaware Bay, draining a basin of roughly 13,500 square miles across New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

At the confluence of the East Branch and West Branch near Hancock, New York. The West Branch rises near Mount Jefferson in Schoharie County; the East Branch rises in the Catskills above Roxbury.

The main stem is undammed from Hancock to the sea, making it the longest free-flowing river east of the Mississippi. Its tributaries carry several reservoirs, but no dam blocks the river itself.

From McConkey's Ferry on the Pennsylvania bank, just upstream of Trenton, on the night of December 25, 1776. The site is now Washington Crossing Historic Park, with annual reenactments.

A 1,200-foot ridge where the river cuts through Kittatinny Mountain on the New Jersey–Pennsylvania border. The surrounding 70,000-acre National Recreation Area protects both banks for about 40 river miles.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for many of our customers with ties to the valley, from Hancock down through Bucks County. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries the river well.

The blue-green river palette settles into Coastal-modern, Mid-century, and quiet Traditional rooms. The Voynich treatment also reads well against warm wood and unpainted brick in a Mountain-modern or Farmhouse-modern setting.

Yes. River and watershed art has held steady through the biophilic-design cycle of the last several years, and the piece works as a focal point in rooms built around plants and natural light.

For a standard sofa, a single Large or a 4-tile Mural sits comfortably. For a longer wall above a console, a 9-tile Mural reads from across the room without crowding.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and stand up to moisture for a backsplash, a powder room, or a shower wall.

A microfibre cloth and water. No solvent and no abrasive; the colour lives in the ceramic surface and the finish over it is thin.

Yes. Reid Wender is the curator and the eye behind every WenderVista piece, hand-finished in our Knoxville studio. There is no licensing and no third-party stock.

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