Marco Island beach

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.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

Marco Island sits in Collier County on Florida's southwest Gulf coast, about 18 miles south of downtown Naples. It is the largest and northernmost of the Ten Thousand Islands chain.

The Gulf-facing public beach runs roughly four miles along the western edge of the island, anchored by Tigertail Beach at the north end and South Marco Beach at the southern tip.

The sand is dominated by ground shell rather than the quartz that builds most Atlantic-side Florida beaches. The high carbonate content reads almost white in bright sun and feels finer underfoot than typical quartz sand.

Marco beaches are known for lightning whelks, horse conchs, fighting conchs, sand dollars, and the occasional junonia, the small spotted shell that island regulars hunt year-round. Best shelling is at low tide, November through April.

No. Marco sits at the north end of the Ten Thousand Islands chain. Everglades National Park and the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge begin just to the south, around the Goodland and Everglades City inlets.

November through April. The dry season brings lower humidity, calmer water, and the best shelling. Summer brings afternoon thunderstorms; September and October bring peak hurricane risk for the Gulf coast.

It carries well for winter residents, returning families, and people who keep a place on the island. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio reads as a specific stretch of beach rather than a generic Gulf scene.

The white sand and turquoise shallows settle into rooms with bleached oak, linen, soft blues, and cane furniture. It suits coastal-modern, Gulf-coast traditional, and quiet beach-cottage interiors built around warm whites.

Yes. Coastal-modern direction has pulled away from generic seashell prints toward art that names a specific beach. A Marco Island tile reads as a real, citable place and grows with the room longer than a themed print would.

A single Large reads well above a console or a reading chair. Above a standard three-seat sofa a 4-tile Mural carries the wall; a 9-tile Mural is the right scale for a long sectional or a wide entry.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for damp rooms and backsplashes. Both are scratch-resistant and read softer than the Glossy finish used for framed wall pieces in living rooms.

A microfibre cloth and warm water. No abrasives, no ammonia, no glass cleaner. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath a thin glossy finish, so a wipe is all it needs.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is made in our Knoxville studio under Reid Wender's eye. The art is not licensed, not stock, and not sold through any other studio.