shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew York

in the Adirondacks, on the Saranac River

Saranac Lake village with Mount Pisgah

Name: Saranac Lake village with Mount Pisgah — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — the village under its small ski hill.

— 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

“The largest village in the Adirondacks, set on Lake Flower at a bend in the Saranac River. Mount Pisgah rises just north of town, a 2,240-foot ridge with a single-chair community ski hill that has run since the 1930s. Cure cottages from the Trudeau years still line the side streets. The lake freezes hard in January; the Winter Carnival builds an ice palace on the shore.

from the studio

— bring it home

Saranac Lake village with Mount Pisgah, 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 Saranac Lake village with Mount Pisgah

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

Saranac Lake is a village of about 5,400 people straddling Franklin, Essex, and Harrietstown within the central Adirondack Park, roughly fifty miles southwest of Plattsburgh. The village sits on Lake Flower along the Saranac River chain. Mount Pisgah, 2,240 feet, rises immediately north of the village center. The town built its reputation in the late nineteenth century around Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau's open-air tuberculosis cure; many of the original cure cottages still stand and are walking-tour landmarks.

— informed by Wikipedia, Historic Saranac Lake

— the year

The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival has run almost every year since 1897, the oldest civic winter festival in the eastern United States. Each February crews build a full ice palace from Lake Flower ice, blocks cut, stacked, and lit from within. The Pisgah rope tow and single chair run weekend afternoons through ski season. Summer brings the canoe classic down the Saranac chain in July, and fall foliage peaks in the village in early October. The lake usually opens by mid-April.

— informed by Saranac Lake Winter Carnival

— the air

The village sits at about 1,540 feet in a basin ringed by lakes and low Adirondack peaks. The air is dry and thin enough that Trudeau and the cure doctors built their practice on it in the 1880s; a winter day in Saranac Lake can run twenty degrees colder than Lake Placid eight miles east. Pisgah's summit holds an old fire-tower clearing with a view north to Whiteface and south across Lower Saranac Lake. Wood smoke is the dominant winter scent.

— informed by Trudeau Institute history

— where

United States · Saranac Lake, Franklin and Essex counties, New York

— within

Adirondack Park

— elevation

469 m · 1,540 ft

— 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.

13 km E

Lake Placid

Olympic village

4 km W

Lower Saranac Lake

Adirondack lake

22 km NE

Whiteface Mountain

Adirondack high peak

Saranac Lake village with Mount Pisgah

Lake Placid

Lower Saranac Lake

Whiteface Mountain

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Saranac Lake village with Mount Pisgah — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

In the northern Adirondacks of New York State, in Franklin and Essex counties, on the Saranac River. The village is about fifty miles southwest of Plattsburgh and eight miles west of Lake Placid.

No. They are separate villages eight miles apart in the Adirondack Park. Lake Placid hosted two Winter Olympics; Saranac Lake is larger, older, and built around the late-nineteenth-century tuberculosis cure.

A 2,240-foot ridge immediately north of the village. It carries a small community-run ski hill, a single chair and a rope tow, that has operated since the 1930s and still runs on weekend afternoons.

The village's nineteenth-century cure cottages were built with deep screened sleeping porches so tuberculosis patients could rest in the cold dry Adirondack air. Many of the original cottages still stand as walking-tour landmarks.

A civic festival held every February since 1897. Crews cut ice blocks from Lake Flower and build a full palace on the shore, lit from within. It is the oldest winter carnival in the eastern United States.

Lake Flower and the Saranac chain usually lock up by late December and stay solid through February. Ice-out typically comes in mid-April, sometimes later in a long winter.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. Saranac Lake is the cultural anchor of the central Adirondacks. Readers who summered there, skied Pisgah, or paddled the chain recognise it at once. A Small or Medium carries well.

The piece sits well in Cabin, Adirondack-rustic, and Mountain-modern rooms. Dark green, wool plaid, raw cedar, and weathered birch all pick up the village's quiet colour.

Yes. The shift back to warm, layered cabin interiors favors framed artwork of specific lakes and ridges. A Large above a sofa or fireplace anchors the room.

A single Large above a standard sofa; a four-tile Mural for a wider wall; a nine-tile Mural for a statement install. The Medium reads well above a console.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish for humidity. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure.

Soft microfibre cloth and plain water. No abrasives, no ammonia cleaners. The finish wipes clean.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in-house at Wender Studios in Knoxville, Tennessee. No licensing, no third-party art.

— if this one stayed with you