Wender·Vista
Odiorne Point State Park Rye
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew Hampshire
on the New Hampshire seacoast, just north of Rye Harbor

Odiorne Point State Park Rye

— — the salt-grey coast before anyone built on it.

— 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

“The longest undeveloped stretch of New Hampshire's short Atlantic coast. Tide pools, salt marsh, a rocky shore where the Pannaway settlers came ashore in 1623, and a wooded headland where Fort Dearborn's gun batteries still sit under the pines. The Seacoast Science Center is set into one of the old officers' buildings. Most mornings the fog comes off the water and stays a while.

from the studio
Odiorne Point State Park Rye
— bring it home

Odiorne Point State Park Rye, 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 Odiorne Point State Park Rye

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

Odiorne Point covers 330 acres along Route 1A in Rye, the largest undeveloped section of New Hampshire's eighteen-mile Atlantic coastline. The point is named for the Odiorne family, who farmed it for nearly three centuries before the federal government took the land in 1942 for Fort Dearborn. The state acquired the park in 1961. The Seacoast Science Center, run jointly with the University of New Hampshire and the Audubon Society, occupies a former officers' building and interprets the salt marsh, rocky intertidal zone, and migratory bird habitat that define the headland.

— the stone

Fort Dearborn was built in 1942 to guard the approach to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where submarines were launching for the Pacific war. Two concrete gun batteries remain in the woods at the southern end of the park, their six-inch and sixteen-inch emplacements now overgrown with bayberry and rugosa rose. The bunkers are open to walk through. The Sugden Welcome Center sits on the foundation of the former Sagamore Hotel, a coastal resort the Army demolished when it took the land. The rough granite seawall along the shore predates the fort by a century.

— the visit

The park is open daily, dawn to dusk, with a small day-use fee in season. Trails run for about three miles along the shore and through the woods, including a paved section suitable for strollers. The Seacoast Science Center charges a separate admission and is open daily in summer, Wednesday through Sunday in the off-season. Tide pools are best at low tide; check the Portsmouth tide chart before going. Parking is at the Science Center lot and a smaller lot at the north end of the park.

— informed by Seacoast Science Center
— where
United States · Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
— within
Odiorne Point State Park
— elevation
5 m · 16 ft
— position
43.0428° N · 70.7156° 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.
4 km S
Rye Harbor State Park
coastal park
8 km N
Portsmouth Harbor
working harbor
11 km E
Isles of Shoals
island group
N
Odiorne Point State Park Rye
Rye Harbor State Park
Portsmouth Harbor
Isles of Shoals
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Odiorne Point State Park Rye — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

David Thomson and a small party landed here in the spring of 1623 and established Pannaway Plantation, the first European settlement in what became New Hampshire. The site sits near the present-day Science Center.

Fort Dearborn was built in 1942 to defend the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where Navy submarines were being launched for the Pacific war. Two concrete gun batteries remain hidden in the woods at the southern end.

Periwinkles, dog whelks, green crabs, hermit crabs, sea stars, and rockweeds. The Seacoast Science Center runs guided tide-pool walks timed to low tide most weekends from May through October.

The park preserves about a mile and a half of rocky coast, plus a salt marsh and a freshwater pond. Three miles of trail link them, including the paved Coastal Trail.

No designated beach. The shore is cobble and ledge, not sand, and the water rarely tops sixty degrees. Most visitors come for the tide pools, the salt marsh, and the woods.

Yes, a small day-use fee in season at the main entrance. The Seacoast Science Center charges its own admission. The trails and bunker loops are free in the off-season when the gate is open.

— about the piece in your home

It travels well to anyone with ties to Rye, Portsmouth, or the wider Seacoast. A Small or Medium with a handwritten studio note carries the salt-grey light of the headland into a kitchen or hallway.

The cool greys, sea-greens, and granite tones sit well in Coastal-modern, New England traditional, and quiet Minimalist rooms. It also works against weathered shingle wood in a sunroom.

Coastal-modern has moved toward muted Atlantic palettes — grey, fog, slate, kelp — and away from bright Caribbean blues. This piece sits in the newer direction.

A single Large reads well above a six-foot sofa. For a longer wall, a four-tile Mural or nine-tile Mural carries the coastline across the room without crowding the eye.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any wet or steam-prone wall. The colour lives in the ceramic surface and will not lift with humidity or regular cleaning.

A soft microfibre cloth and warm water. No abrasives or solvents. The thin glossy finish releases salt residue and fingerprints with one wipe.

Yes. Reid Wender paints each WenderVista place in the studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink language. No licensed images, no third-party prints. One studio, one eye.

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