Robert Wyland – a Florida-based artist who legally changed his name years ago to simply “Wyland” – was busy recently in his studio in the Florida Keys doing what he always does: painting or sculpting vibrant, vivid scenes of aquatic life. Then his assistant walked in.
Wyland, 69, has earned international acclaim for his “whaling walls”, a series of larger‑than‑life murals across the US and abroad, many which have become iconic parts of the fabric of American cities. Peacefully depicting on warehouses and office buildings the largest mammals on earth, the murals’ whales lumber along gracefully, offering city goers a moment or two of tranquillity amid chaos.
