Wender·Vista
Pantherian
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileVirginia · United States
in the Virginia interior

Pantherian

— the name still on a country sign.

— 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 Virginia place by a name you don't see on most maps. The kind of name that lives on a country sign, a creek bend, an old deed. The studio paints it because someone, somewhere, knows the road in. The Voynich palette holds the green and the slow water the way the hills do.

from the studio
Pantherian
— bring it home

Pantherian, 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 Pantherian

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

Pantherian sits in Virginia, a small named place of the kind common to the state's interior. Woods, ridges, and old roads define the country. Virginia, the tenth state, joined the union in 1788, and many of its place names trace to settler families, local landmarks, and animals that once worked the woods. The studio's painting holds the green of the Blue Ridge and the layered ridges that run southwest through the state from the Potomac toward the Tennessee line.

— informed by Wikipedia: Virginia
— where
United States · Virginia
— common questions

What people ask.

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

Pantherian sits in Virginia, in the state's interior. The studio's reference points to a small named locale of the kind common across the Blue Ridge and Appalachian foothills. Exact placement is held in studio working notes.

The name carries the panther, the large cat once found throughout the southern Appalachians. Many Virginia place names trace to animals that worked the woods before settlement reshaped the range.

The studio's painting belongs to the Blue Ridge and Appalachian belt that runs southwest through Virginia, from the Potomac watershed toward the Tennessee line. The palette holds the green and the ridges of that country.

Virginia ratified the Constitution on 25 June 1788, becoming the tenth state in the union. The Commonwealth predates the United States itself, traced to the Jamestown settlement of 1607.

Layered ridges, deciduous forest, and the soft greens of the Virginia interior. The Voynich treatment holds those colours in the ceramic surface, so the painting reads as warm rather than topographic.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for Virginians and for anyone whose family roots run through the Blue Ridge. A Small or Medium with a handwritten studio note travels easily as a gift for a wedding, retirement, or move away from home.

Mountain-modern, Farmhouse-modern, and warm traditional rooms. The Voynich palette of green and slow water sits well with oak, walnut, linen, and unbleached cotton. Holds the eye without competing with the room.

Yes. The painting carries the layered green and woodland light that biophilic rooms reach for. The Medium above a console works as a quiet window onto the country rather than a picture of it.

A single Large above a console anchors the wall. Above a three-seat sofa, a 4-tile Mural or 9-tile Mural carries the width of the cushions without crowding the seat back.

Yes. Every WenderVista painting is curated by Reid Wender and finished in our Knoxville studio. There is no licensing, no syndication. One studio, one eye, one atlas of places.

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