Wender·Vista
Vancouver
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
on the north bank of the Columbia, across from Portland

Vancouver

— — the older Vancouver, the river's side.

— 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 first Vancouver, two decades older than the one in British Columbia, named for the same captain. The town sits on the north bank of the Columbia River, the old Hudson's Bay Company post still standing where the fur trade ran the Pacific Northwest. From the studio, the picture is the river bend with Mount Hood standing back of it, the way the city has framed itself for two hundred years.

from the studio
Vancouver
— bring it home

Vancouver, 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 Vancouver

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

Vancouver sits on the north bank of the Columbia River in Clark County, Washington, directly across from Portland, Oregon. The Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Vancouver here in 1825 as the regional headquarters for its operations west of the Rockies, making this the oldest non-Indigenous settlement in the Pacific Northwest. The city was incorporated in 1857. The metropolitan population today is around 190,000, the fourth-largest city in Washington state.

— the water

The Columbia River runs about 1,243 miles from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific, and Vancouver sits at one of its widest river-channel reaches. The Interstate Bridge, opened in 1917, carries traffic across to Portland. Downstream the river widens further toward the Pacific bar at Astoria, where the Lewis and Clark expedition wintered in 1805. The waterfront has been reworked over the past decade into a riverside district with a long public esplanade.

— the year

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site preserves the rebuilt palisade of the 1825 Hudson's Bay Company post on the original ground, including the Chief Factor's House associated with John McLoughlin, the post's longtime superintendent. The site sits within Vancouver National Historic Reserve, which also includes the Officers' Row of the later U.S. Army garrison and Pearson Field, one of the oldest continually operating airfields in the country. The site is free to walk; the reconstructed buildings have a small entry fee.

— where
United States · Vancouver, Washington
— elevation
50 m · 164 ft
— position
45.6387° N · 122.6615° 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.
2 km E
Fort Vancouver
historic fort
1 km S
Columbia River
river
14 km S
Portland
neighbouring city
80 km SE
Mount Hood
stratovolcano
N
Vancouver
Fort Vancouver
Columbia River
Portland
Mount Hood
— common questions

What people ask.

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

No. This Vancouver is in Washington state, on the north bank of the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon. It is the older of the two cities, founded as Fort Vancouver in 1825, two decades before the British Columbia city.

Fort Vancouver was the Hudson's Bay Company's Pacific headquarters from 1825 onward, the centre of the fur trade across the Pacific Northwest. The site is now preserved as Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

The Interstate Bridge crosses the Columbia River from downtown Vancouver to North Portland in less than a mile. The two downtowns are roughly nine miles apart by road.

Yes. Mount Hood, at 11,249 feet, stands roughly fifty miles southeast and is visible from the waterfront and the higher ground around town on clear days.

Captain George Vancouver of the British Royal Navy, who surveyed the Pacific Northwest coast in 1792. The British Columbia city was named for the same captain in 1886.

The Columbia, which runs about 1,243 miles from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific. Vancouver sits on its north bank, with the river forming the boundary between Washington and Oregon.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for customers with ties to the city — the older Vancouver, often mistaken for the Canadian one. The piece reads the town's river side and the standing line of Mount Hood. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note carries well.

The piece sits well in Pacific Northwest interiors, mountain-modern rooms, and warm minimalist spaces with cedar, slate, or moss-tone walls. The river blues and forest greens of the artwork carry the regional palette.

A single Large reads well above a console table or a reading chair. Over a full sofa, a 4-tile Mural carries the wall. For a feature wall, the 9-tile Mural gives the picture full breath.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any room with steam, splash, or vertical installation. The Glossy finish is for framed wall art in dry rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth with water is enough. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface beneath a thin protective finish, so there is no painted layer to wear or wipe away.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original work from our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license images and we do not reproduce other artists' work.

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