shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileMichigan

at the channel of Muskegon Lake on Lake Michigan

Pere Marquette Beach Muskegon

Name: Pere Marquette Beach Muskegon — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— the red light at the end of the pier.

— Michigan wall art on a ceramic tile, made to order

from $22

$58

6 × 6 in, glossy, hidden mount · all sizes, murals and mounts ↓

Finished by hand in Knoxville. Free US shipping over $75, on your wall in about ten days. Damaged in transit? Free replacement within 30 days; other returns within 30 days. Returns · Contact

— 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.

— Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.

— On the nightstand, catching the morning.

— shown in a slim black floating frame · 6 × 6 in

— bring it home

Pere Marquette Beach Muskegon, 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.

— comes gift-ready

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.

— or build a grouping

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

— a note from the studio

“A long sand beach at the western edge of Muskegon, where the navigation channel from Muskegon Lake meets Lake Michigan. The red pierhead light stands at the end of the south breakwater, a working lighthouse since the early 1900s. Surfers ride the autumn swell when the wind comes hard out of the west; in summer the beach fills with families from town and the campgrounds inland.

from the studio

— about Pere Marquette Beach Muskegon

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

Pere Marquette Beach sits at the western end of Beach Street in Muskegon, Michigan, where the navigation channel between Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan opens onto open water. The beach runs nearly a mile of soft sand backed by low dunes and the channel-side breakwaters. The red Muskegon South Pierhead Light, a steel-clad tower in the early 1900s line, stands at the end of the long concrete pier. The beach is named for Jacques Marquette, the French Jesuit explorer of the Great Lakes who is said to have died near here in 1675.

— informed by Wikipedia — Muskegon South Pierhead Light, City of Muskegon — Pere Marquette Park

— the water

The water along the Muskegon shore runs clear when the wind is from the east and clouds when it kicks out of the west. Lake Michigan reaches across to Milwaukee, about ninety miles, without another shore in sight. Swimmers should track the daily flag system at the channel beach: rip currents can form along the south pier when waves stack against the breakwater. Surface temperatures climb into the low seventies through August before falling quickly in September. By late October the lake-effect machine starts and the surf swell builds for the season.

— informed by NOAA Great Lakes surface water temperatures

— the visit

The beach and pier are open to the public daily through the warm season, with no admission fee at the public lot off Beach Street. Concessions, a picnic pavilion, and a beach volleyball complex run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. The USS Silversides Submarine Museum, a World War II submarine berthed in the channel, sits a short drive inland on Channel Drive. A small group of local surf shops rent boards and offer lessons for the autumn swell window from late September into November, when the lake builds head-high waves on a steady west wind.

— informed by USS Silversides Submarine Museum

— where

United States · Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan

— within

Pere Marquette Park

— 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.

at the lake

Muskegon South Pierhead Light

red steel pierhead lighthouse

2 km E

USS Silversides

submarine museum

1 km E

Muskegon Lake

inland drowned-mouth lake

5 km E

Downtown Muskegon

lake-port city center

Pere Marquette Beach Muskegon

Muskegon South Pierhead Light

USS Silversides

Muskegon Lake

Downtown Muskegon

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Pere Marquette Beach Muskegon — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

It sits at the western end of Beach Street in Muskegon, Michigan, where the channel between Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan opens to open water. The beach runs nearly a mile of soft sand along the lakeshore.

That is the Muskegon South Pierhead Light, a red steel-clad tower at the end of the long south breakwater. It has marked the channel between Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan since the early 1900s.

Jacques Marquette was a French Jesuit missionary and explorer of the upper Great Lakes in the 1600s. He is said to have died near here on the eastern Lake Michigan shore in 1675; the beach, river, and town district carry his name.

No. The City of Muskegon operates Pere Marquette as a public park with free parking in the main lot off Beach Street. Concessions and rentals are seasonal and charge their own prices.

Yes. Pere Marquette is one of the better-known Great Lakes surf breaks. The autumn and winter swells build on hard west winds from late September into November and again in early spring before the lake warms.

The USS Silversides Submarine Museum sits a short drive inland on the channel. Downtown Muskegon, the Muskegon Lake waterfront, and the trails of P.J. Hoffmaster State Park to the south are all within fifteen minutes.

— about the piece in your home

It reads as a marker of a long-held local place. The Small or Medium suits a kitchen wall or guest room; the Large carries the channel and the red light at a scale that holds a living-room wall.

The lake blues and red lighthouse note suit Coastal-modern, traditional lake-house, and Americana interiors. It pairs well with painted clapboard, white trim, and weathered wood furniture.

A single Large covers most three-seat sofas at a comfortable scale. A four-tile Mural fills the wall above a sectional or a long console; a nine-tile Mural anchors a stair landing or tall foyer.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any wet or steamy room. Both resist scratches and humidity and read softer than the glossy show finish under bathroom light.

A soft microfibre cloth and warm water are all the surface needs. The colour is held inside the ceramic, not painted on top, so it will not wear off with normal household cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original Wender Studios work, made in our Knoxville, Tennessee studio. The art is not licensed and the painting is not sold by any other shop.

— if this one stayed with you