Wender·Vista
Flaming Gorge Reservoir Wyoming side
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileWyoming
in southwest Wyoming, on the Green River

Flaming Gorge Reservoir Wyoming side

— red cliffs holding cold water.

— 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

“Flaming Gorge stretches ninety-one miles down the Green River from Wyoming into Utah, the upper third lying in Sweetwater County. The cliffs that named the place burn red and ochre in low sun, the colour John Wesley Powell named on his 1869 descent of the river. The Wyoming arm is the wider water, open to wind, with lake trout running deep beneath sandstone.

from the studio
Flaming Gorge Reservoir Wyoming side
— bring it home

Flaming Gorge Reservoir Wyoming side, 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 Flaming Gorge Reservoir Wyoming side

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

Flaming Gorge Reservoir lies on the Green River, with the dam at the Utah end and the long upper basin reaching north into Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The reservoir runs ninety-one miles end to end, covers about 42,000 surface acres at full pool, and reaches 436 feet at its deepest behind the dam. The Wyoming side is broader and lower in relief than the Utah canyons. The towns of Green River and Rock Springs sit thirty to fifty miles north. The Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area was designated in 1968.

— the stone

John Wesley Powell named Flaming Gorge in May 1869 on the first descent of the Green and Colorado Rivers, describing cliffs that burned red in evening light. The colour comes from iron-rich sandstone of the Uinta Mountain Group, exposed by the Green River's long cut down toward the Colorado. The lower canyon walls drop more than a thousand feet to the water. The upper Wyoming basin opens out into low desert plateau and badlands, with the brightest cliff colour concentrated near Firehole Canyon.

— the water

The reservoir holds some of the largest lake trout in the lower forty-eight, with state-record fish over fifty pounds taken from the deep water near the dam. The Wyoming arm runs shallower and warmer and is better known for smallmouth bass, kokanee salmon, and the occasional brown trout. Water surface temperatures range from low forties in April to mid-seventies in August. The Green River below the dam is a tailwater fishery cold enough for rainbow and brown trout in every season.

— informed by Wyoming Game & Fish
— where
United States · Sweetwater County, Wyoming
— within
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
— position
41.3000° N · 109.6000° 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.
50 km N
Green River
town
60 km N
Rock Springs
town
15 km NW
Firehole Canyon
canyon
20 km W
Buckboard Marina
marina
N
Flaming Gorge Reservoir Wyoming side
Green River
Rock Springs
Firehole Canyon
Buckboard Marina
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Flaming Gorge Reservoir Wyoming side — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The reservoir runs ninety-one miles from the Wyoming inflow to the dam in Utah, covers about 42,000 surface acres at full pool, and holds 3.7 million acre-feet of water at capacity.

John Wesley Powell named the gorge in May 1869, during the first recorded descent of the Green and Colorado Rivers, for the red sandstone cliffs burning in evening light at the canyon's entrance.

Construction of Flaming Gorge Dam ran from 1958 to 1964, with the reservoir filling through the late 1960s. The dam stands 502 feet high and the recreation area was designated in 1968.

Lake trout, rainbow and brown trout, kokanee salmon, smallmouth bass, and burbot. The deep water near the dam holds lake trout over fifty pounds; the Wyoming arm runs warmer and is better for bass.

The town of Green River sits on Interstate 80, with State Highway 530 running south along the western shore and US 191 along the eastern shore to the dam. Firehole Canyon and Buckboard Marina are the main access points.

Yes. Iron oxide in the Uinta Mountain Group sandstone gives the cliffs a rust to vermillion cast that intensifies in low light. The colour reads strongest at sunrise and in the last hour before sunset.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The Wyoming arm is the working water for many regulars — kokanee in summer, lake trout in fall. A Medium or Large in glossy finish carries the cliff colour; a Coaster Set travels well to a cabin.

The red and ochre cliff palette anchors Western contemporary, Desert modern, and Jewel-tone Maximalist rooms. The colour pairs cleanly with leather, walnut, and unbleached linen, and reads warm against white plaster walls.

Yes. Desert modern leans on warm rock palettes, horizon-line composition, and pieces of recognizable Southwestern geology. The Flaming Gorge cliffs give a room a specific water-and-rock place rather than a generic canyon scene.

A single Large covers most sofas; for a wider wall a four-tile Mural reads as one image. Above a console, a Medium or three-tile Triptych holds the proportion.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. Both resist water and scratching well enough for a backsplash or shower surround. The glossy finish is meant for dry display walls.

A microfibre cloth and water. No sprays, no abrasive pads. The colour lives in the ceramic surface; the thin glossy finish lifts dust and smudges easily with a soft wipe.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in-house by Reid Wender at the studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. Nothing is licensed in, and each place gets its own composition.

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