Wender·Vista
Oxnard
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
on the Ventura County coast, between Malibu and Santa Barbara

Oxnard

— — strawberry fields against the Pacific.

— 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 largest city in Ventura County, set on a coastal plain of strawberry fields with the Channel Islands sitting out on the horizon. Channel Islands Harbor is the launch point for boats to the park, and Mandalay Beach runs long and flat without a crowd. Quieter than the coast to the south, and the light off the water carries the same way.

from the studio
Oxnard
— bring it home

Oxnard, 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 Oxnard

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

Oxnard sits on the Oxnard Plain along the Pacific coast in Ventura County, about 60 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city in the county, with roughly 200,000 residents on the 2020 census. The city was incorporated in 1903 and named for Henry T. Oxnard, who built a sugar-beet refinery on the plain a few years earlier. Channel Islands Harbor, on the south side of town, is the closest mainland departure point for Channel Islands National Park.

— informed by Wikipedia, Visit Oxnard
— the season

The Oxnard Plain produces a substantial share of California's strawberry crop; the California Strawberry Festival has run in the city most Mays since 1984. The growing season runs roughly January through summer, with peak picking through spring. Coastal fog hangs over the fields in the early hours and lifts toward late morning, which keeps the plants cool and the fruit dense. The fields meet the Pacific along a stretch of coastline that has stayed agricultural while the counties to the south developed.

— the water

Channel Islands Harbor was completed in 1965 and serves as the principal mainland gateway to Channel Islands National Park; Island Packers runs scheduled boats to Anacapa and Santa Cruz from nearby Ventura Harbor, with the crossing to Anacapa taking about an hour. Mandalay Beach and Hollywood Beach run uninterrupted to the south, backed by low dunes rather than cliffs. The wide flat sand and steady onshore wind make the stretch popular with surf-fishers and kite-fliers; the swimming break is gentle by Southern California standards.

— informed by NPS — Channel Islands
— where
United States · Ventura County, California
— elevation
16 m · 52 ft
— position
34.1975° N · 119.1771° 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.
5 km S
Channel Islands Harbor
harbor
4 km W
Mandalay Beach
beach
7 km S
Port Hueneme
city / naval port
13 km E
Camarillo
city
11 km NW
Ventura
city
N
Oxnard
Channel Islands Harbor
Mandalay Beach
Port Hueneme
Camarillo
Ventura
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Oxnard — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

On the Oxnard Plain along the Pacific coast of Ventura County, California, about 60 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles and roughly 35 miles south of Santa Barbara.

Strawberry farming on the surrounding plain — the city produces a large share of California's crop — and Channel Islands Harbor, the closest mainland launch point for boats to Channel Islands National Park.

The festival has run in Oxnard most years since 1984, held over a weekend in mid-May at the peak of the local strawberry harvest. It draws crowds from across Southern California.

Island Packers, the park's primary concessionaire, runs scheduled boats to Anacapa and Santa Cruz islands from Ventura Harbor just up the coast. The crossing to Anacapa takes about an hour.

Yes. The city was incorporated in 1903 and named for Henry T. Oxnard, a sugar-beet processor who built a refinery on the plain in 1898. His operation drew the rail line and the town followed.

Roughly 200,000 residents on the 2020 census, which makes it the most populous city in Ventura County and one of the larger cities on the Southern California coast outside Los Angeles.

— about the piece in your home

Oxnard people tend to carry a quiet loyalty to the plain and the harbour. A Medium or Large with a handwritten note from the studio carries that without ceremony; a Coaster Set works for a smaller hello.

The blue, green, and warm-red palette sits with coastal-modern, California casual, and warm minimalist interiors. It also softens a more traditional kitchen wall where the surrounding cabinetry runs cooler.

Coastal-modern has moved away from literal seashell and rope motifs toward painted, place-specific work; a ceramic tile of a real California coastal town fits that shift. The Mural scales for a feature wall.

A single Large covers a standard sofa back; a 4-tile Mural fills the wall above a longer sectional; a 9-tile Mural takes a feature wall above a credenza or console table.

Yes, in either Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and handle moisture; the Glossy finish is best kept to drier wall art where the sheen reads as intended.

A soft microfibre cloth with water is enough. The colour lives in the ceramic surface itself, so it will not lift; avoid abrasive pads and harsh solvents to preserve the thin glossy finish.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is curated and painted in the studio under Reid Wender's eye. Nothing is licensed in or resold; the atlas is a single studio's body of work.

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