Wender·Vista
Secret Beach Boardman Corridor
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileOregon
on the southern Oregon coast between Brookings and Gold Beach

Secret Beach Boardman Corridor

— the cove the cliffs almost close.

— 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 small cove cupped under sea cliffs in the Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor, reached by a short unsigned path off US-101. At low tide a sliver of sand opens between two sea stacks and a creek crosses the beach. The cliffs hold the sound. People who find it tend to keep the directions to themselves.

from the studio
Secret Beach Boardman Corridor
— bring it home

Secret Beach Boardman Corridor, 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 Secret Beach Boardman Corridor

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

The cove lies inside the twelve-mile Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor between Brookings and Gold Beach, on Oregon's south coast. The trail in is a short half-mile descent through Sitka spruce, dropping roughly 200 feet to the sand. Sea stacks rise immediately offshore. The corridor was assembled by the state through the 1950s and named for Samuel Boardman, the first superintendent of the Oregon State Parks system, who walked and mapped much of this coastline on foot in the decades before its protection.

— the visit

Access is from a small turnout on US-101 around milepost 345, with no sign at the road and no facilities at the beach. The descent is steep, rooted, and slick after rain. Low tide is the only safe time on the sand — the cliffs trap incoming surf, and the cove can pinch off as the water rises. Check the NOAA tide table for the Brookings station before walking down. Pets are allowed on a leash; the path is not stroller-friendly and there is no railing along the upper switchbacks.

— informed by NOAA Tides — Brookings
— the silence

The corridor is one of the quiet stretches of the Oregon coast. There is no town in either direction for several miles; the highway is screened by spruce. At low tide the cove holds the surf as a muffled, layered sound rather than a roar. Bald eagles nest along the cliffs. The corridor carries a section of the Oregon Coast Trail, a 362-mile route that runs the full length of the state, so most foot traffic is hikers passing through rather than crowds parked at the turnout.

— informed by Oregon Coast Trail
— where
United States · Curry County, Oregon
— within
Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor
— 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.
1 km N
Thunder Rock Cove
sea-stack cove
1 km S
Natural Bridges
sea arches
15 km N
Cape Sebastian
coastal headland
16 km S
Brookings
coastal town
N
Secret Beach Boardman Corridor
Thunder Rock Cove
Natural Bridges
Cape Sebastian
Brookings
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Secret Beach Boardman Corridor — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

A small sea-stack cove inside the Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor on Oregon's south coast, reached by a short unsigned path off US-101 between Brookings and Gold Beach.

Park at a small pull-off near milepost 345 on US-101 and walk a half-mile path that drops about 200 feet through Sitka spruce. There is no sign at the road and no facilities at the beach.

At low tide. The cliffs trap the incoming surf, and the cove can pinch off as the water rises. Check the NOAA tide table for the Brookings station before walking down.

A twelve-mile coastal scenic corridor between Brookings and Gold Beach, named for Samuel Boardman, the first superintendent of the Oregon State Parks system, who mapped much of the coast on foot.

Yes. The corridor carries a section of the Oregon Coast Trail, a 362-mile route that runs the full length of the state coast from the Columbia River to the California line.

No. There is no toilet, no water, no sign at the road, and no railing on the trail. The nearest services are in Brookings, about ten miles south on US-101.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for that recipient. Secret Beach and the Boardman corridor are among the most photographed stretches of the south coast. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio is the usual choice.

The dim sea greens, basalt greys, and stained-glass blues sit well in Coastal-modern and Pacific Northwest rooms, and read cleanly against the warm woods of Mountain-modern interiors.

It fits the current move away from beige-and-rope coastal toward a darker, more painterly Pacific palette. The deep blues and basalt greys read as Oregon coast rather than generic beach.

A single Large reads from across the room above a standard sofa. For a longer wall or above a console, a 4-tile Mural extends the horizon; a 9-tile Mural anchors a great room.

Yes. Order Dura Satin or Matte for those rooms — both are scratch-resistant and handle steam and splash. The Glossy finish is for framed wall pieces in dry rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth and water. No solvents, no abrasives. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath a thin glossy finish, so the tile cleans like a plate.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio — single eye, single source, no licensing. Reid Wender curates each place into the atlas and the artwork is made in-house in Knoxville.

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