Wender·Vista
Everglades National Park
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
at the southern tip of Florida, where the river runs to the gulf

Everglades National Park

— — the slow river of grass, running south.

— 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 wide shallow river of sawgrass moving south across the tip of Florida, never more than a few inches deep, taking months to reach the mangroves and the gulf. Anhingas dry their wings along the boardwalks. Alligators rest in the marl prairie pools. At Flamingo the freshwater finally meets the salt, and the American crocodile and the alligator share the same shoreline.

from the studio
Everglades National Park
— bring it home

Everglades National Park, 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 Everglades National Park

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

Everglades National Park covers about 1.5 million acres at the southern tip of the Florida peninsula, established by Congress in 1934 and dedicated by President Truman in 1947. It is the third-largest national park in the contiguous United States and was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979. The park protects the southern third of a much larger watershed that begins near Orlando, flows south through Lake Okeechobee, and moves as a shallow sheet of fresh water through the sawgrass prairie to Florida Bay.

— the water

Marjory Stoneman Douglas called the Everglades a river of grass in her 1947 book of the same name, and the phrase remains the clearest description. The water moves south at roughly 100 feet per day across a sawgrass plain only a few inches deep, taking months to reach the coast. At Flamingo, on Florida Bay, the freshwater finally meets the salt, and Everglades National Park is the only place in the world where the American alligator and the American crocodile share the same habitat.

— informed by NPS Wildlife
— the season

The dry season runs from December through April, when water levels drop, wildlife concentrates around the remaining sloughs and gator holes, and mosquito pressure is lowest. The wet season, June through October, brings nearly daily afternoon thunderstorms and the slow recharge of the sheet flow. The Anhinga Trail at Royal Palm and the Shark Valley loop, a 15-mile paved road open to bicycles and the tram, are both at their best in the dry months. Roughly one million people visit the park each year.

— informed by NPS Plan Your Visit
— where
United States · South Florida
— within
Everglades National Park
— position
25.2860° N · 80.8980° 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.
60 km S
Flamingo
park district
40 km N
Shark Valley
park district
20 km N
Big Cypress National Preserve
national preserve
N
Everglades National Park
Flamingo
Shark Valley
Big Cypress National Preserve
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Everglades National Park — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Everglades National Park covers the southern tip of the Florida peninsula, about an hour southwest of Miami. The main entrance is near Homestead, with additional access at Shark Valley on the Tamiami Trail and at Everglades City on the gulf coast.

Congress authorised the park in 1934, and President Harry Truman formally dedicated it in 1947. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 and remains a designated Biosphere Reserve and Wetland of International Importance.

The river of grass is Marjory Stoneman Douglas's 1947 description of the slow southward sheet flow of fresh water through the sawgrass prairie. The water moves about 100 feet per day, only a few inches deep, taking months to reach the coast.

Yes. Everglades National Park is the only place in the world where the American alligator and the American crocodile share the same habitat. The crocodiles are most often seen in the brackish water near Flamingo.

The dry season runs from December through April, when water levels drop, wildlife concentrates around remaining sloughs, and mosquito pressure is lowest. The Anhinga Trail and Shark Valley loop are at their best during these months.

Everglades National Park covers about 1.5 million acres, making it the third-largest national park in the contiguous United States. It protects only the southern third of the larger watershed that begins near Orlando.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The sawgrass horizon and the slow water read as home to people who grew up in Miami-Dade, the Keys, or Naples. A Small with a handwritten note from the studio carries well, especially for someone who walks the Anhinga Trail.

The warm greens, gold, and pale water tones suit Coastal-modern, Floridian-modern, and Biophilic interiors with rattan and linen. The palette also reads well in a Tropical-modern room with darker woods and brass.

Yes. The sawgrass and water palette reads as natural habitat without being literal, which is the centre of the biophilic approach. It pairs with rattan, live plants, and warm timber without competing for attention.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large is the usual choice. Over a longer console or a wider wall, a four-tile Mural holds the room. The nine-tile Mural is for the larger formal wall.

Yes. For a bathroom, kitchen backsplash, or any vertical install near steam or water, choose the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and hold up to daily wiping with a damp cloth.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our single studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. The work is not licensed from any outside artist and is hand-finished in-house before it ships.

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