shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileOregon

on the north Oregon coast, between Manzanita and Cannon Beach

Cape Falcon view

Name: Cape Falcon view — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — the long blue the headland keeps to itself.

— 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

“A spruce-shadowed walk out to a basalt point in Oswald West State Park, the trail rising and falling through salal and old growth before the trees open. The Pacific reads bigger from here than it does from the highway. Surfers paddle the cove below, miniature. Most afternoons the wind quits an hour before the sun, and the water turns the colour it only turns when no one is watching.

from the studio

— bring it home

Cape Falcon view, 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 Cape Falcon view

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

Cape Falcon is a basalt headland in Oswald West State Park, about 14 miles south of Cannon Beach on the north Oregon coast. The trail begins from a small pullout on US-101 and runs roughly 2.5 miles each way through coastal rainforest before opening onto a meadowed point. The cape sits within the Oregon Coast Trail corridor. Smuggler Cove and Short Sand Beach lie just to the south, sheltered by the same headland that frames the long view down to Neahkahnie Mountain.

— informed by Oregon State Parks, Wikipedia

— the air

This stretch of coast catches weather from the open Pacific without a barrier island to soften it. Mornings often arrive in marine fog that lifts by midday, leaving the trail dripping and the spruce trunks dark with damp. Afternoons can turn quiet, a window between the morning haze and the evening onshore push. The Oregon Coast Range, rising behind the cape to peaks above 1,600 feet at Neahkahnie Mountain, holds enough rain to keep the forest dense right to the cliff edge.

— informed by Wikipedia — Neahkahnie Mountain

— the silence

Cape Falcon is a walk-in viewpoint. There is no overlook a car can reach. The 2.5-mile approach filters the crowd, and weekday afternoons the meadowed point can hold a handful of people or no one at all. Surfers in the cove below are too far down to be heard. What carries up is the wind in the salal and the slow break of the swell against the basalt. Oswald West, the governor the park honours, called this coast the people's beach.

— informed by Oregon Encyclopedia — Oswald West

— where

United States · Tillamook County, Oregon

— within

Oswald West State Park

— position

45.7647° N · 123.9656° 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.

22 km N

Cannon Beach

coastal town

7 km S

Manzanita

coastal town

4 km S

Neahkahnie Mountain

coastal peak

1 km S

Short Sand Beach

cove beach

Cape Falcon view

Cannon Beach

Manzanita

Neahkahnie Mountain

Short Sand Beach

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Cape Falcon view — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

It is a basalt headland in Oswald West State Park on the north Oregon coast, about 14 miles south of Cannon Beach and 4 miles north of Manzanita along US-101.

Roughly 5 miles round trip from the US-101 pullout. The trail follows the Oregon Coast Trail through Sitka spruce forest before opening onto a meadowed point above the Pacific.

South to Neahkahnie Mountain and Smuggler Cove, west to the open Pacific, and down to Short Sand Beach where surfers ride the cove. On clear days the sightline runs miles down the coast.

Late spring through early fall, after marine fog burns off. Mornings tend to be grey and afternoons clear. Winter storms make the trail muddy and the cliff edge dangerous.

Yes. It sits on the Oregon Coast Trail, which runs the full 382-mile coastline. The Cape Falcon segment connects Short Sand Beach to Arch Cape over the headland.

Coastal temperate rainforest of Sitka spruce and western hemlock with a dense salal and sword fern understory. The Coast Range holds enough rain to keep the canopy soaked most of the year.

— about the piece in your home

Many of our customers with ties to the Oregon Coast have chosen this piece for someone who has walked the trail. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries the headland well.

The cool blues and forest greens settle into Coastal-modern, Pacific Northwest, and Mountain-modern rooms. The piece reads quietly against natural wood, raw linen, and stone-toned walls.

Yes. Pacific Northwest decor has leaned into native-forest palettes and matte ceramics for several seasons. Cape Falcon's spruce-and-sea tones sit inside that direction without leaning rustic.

A single Large reads from across the room. For a wider wall, a 4-tile Mural carries the horizon line; a 9-tile Mural turns the view into the room.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and unaffected by humidity. The colour lives in the ceramic surface, not on top of it.

Microfibre cloth and water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so the surface itself is what you are cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted by Reid Wender, the studio's curator. There is no licensing and no third-party art. One studio, one eye.

— if this one stayed with you