shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States

off the Maine coast, the heart of Acadia

Mount Desert Island

Name: Mount Desert Island — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — pink granite where the sea ends.

— 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

— 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

“Mount Desert Island sits two hours up the coast from Portland, a granite island the glaciers carved into two halves and the sea filled back in. Most of it is Acadia. The spruce comes down to the water, the carriage roads loop through the interior, and Cadillac Mountain catches the first sunrise in the United States from October to March. The light here turns the rock the colour of weak tea. from the studio

from the studio

— bring it home

Mount Desert Island, 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 Mount Desert Island

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

Mount Desert Island is the largest island off the Maine coast at about 108 square miles, connected to the mainland by a causeway at Trenton. It holds most of Acadia National Park, the first national park east of the Mississippi, established in 1919. Somes Sound nearly bisects the island. The main towns are Bar Harbor on the northeast shore, Northeast Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and Bass Harbor. Cadillac Mountain rises 1,530 feet from the eastern half and is the highest point on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

— informed by Wikipedia — Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park

— the stone

The island is built on Cadillac Mountain granite, a pink, coarse-grained rock that intruded into the older bedrock about 420 million years ago. Glaciers scoured and rounded it during the last ice age, leaving the smooth summit domes and the U-shape of Somes Sound. The same granite forms the Bubbles above Jordan Pond, the cliffs at Otter Point, and the sea-pounded shelf at Schoodic. In the late sun the rock reads warm pink against the dark green of the spruce.

— informed by USGS — Acadia Geology

— the dawn

From October 7 through March 6, Cadillac Mountain is the first place in the continental United States to see the sunrise. The summit road opens at 4 a.m. in season and requires a vehicle reservation from late May through mid-October to manage crowding. Pre-dawn temperatures on the summit run 10 to 20°F colder than Bar Harbor at sea level. The horizon east of the summit is open ocean, with no land between Cadillac and Europe.

— informed by NPS — Cadillac Sunrise

— where

United States · Hancock County, Maine

— within

Acadia National Park

— elevation

466 m · 1,530 ft

— position

44.3386° N · 68.2733° 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 E

Cadillac Mountain

granite summit

8 km S

Jordan Pond

glacial pond

5 km NE

Bar Harbor

village

20 km SW

Bass Harbor Head Light

lighthouse

Mount Desert Island

Cadillac Mountain

Jordan Pond

Bar Harbor

Bass Harbor Head Light

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Mount Desert Island — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

Mount Desert Island lies on the central coast of Maine, in Hancock County, connected to the mainland by a short causeway at Trenton. It is roughly 160 miles northeast of Portland.

Most of Acadia is on the island. The park also includes the Schoodic Peninsula on the mainland and Isle au Haut to the south, but the central visitor experience is on Mount Desert.

Cadillac Mountain at 1,530 feet, the highest point on the Atlantic coast of the United States. The summit can be reached by car, the South Ridge Trail, or the North Ridge Trail.

The Cadillac Mountain granite is rich in alkali feldspar, which gives the rock its pink cast. It intruded into older bedrock roughly 420 million years ago and was exposed by glacial scour.

From October 7 through March 6 each year, Cadillac Mountain is the first place in the continental United States to see the sunrise. Earlier in summer, points farther east in Maine catch it first.

By car via US Route 1 and Route 3 from Ellsworth, in about three hours from Portland. Bar Harbor also has a small regional airport with seasonal flights from Boston.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. Mount Desert is a deep memory anchor for Maine families and longtime Acadia visitors. A Medium or Large carries the pink granite and spruce coastline at the scale people remember it.

The piece settles into coastal-modern, New England traditional, and mountain-modern rooms. The granite pinks and spruce greens pair with linen, weathered wood, and brass without crowding the room.

Yes. Coastal-modern has moved off the gulf and Caribbean palette toward the cooler North Atlantic look: deeper greens, granite pinks, weathered slate. Acadia sits at the centre of that shift.

A single Large reads well above a standard sofa. A 4-tile Mural carries Somes Sound or the Cadillac ridge at scale; a 9-tile Mural gives a feature wall the whole island in one view.

Yes, in our Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and built for the steam, splash, and wipe-down of bathrooms and kitchens.

A soft microfibre cloth and water. No abrasives or ammonia. The colour lives in the surface, so it will not scuff off with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not licence outside imagery and we do not resell stock art.

— if this one stayed with you