| The art of Wyland is some of the most | | | | the end of his career, some say he is just going |
| spectacular artistic representations of sea life I've | | | | to focus on his collections. Regardless, he made |
| ever seen. His ability to capture not only the | | | | his name and is most famous for his whale walls |
| feeling of being underwater, but the colors and | | | | which he paints on the sides of structures. Like all |
| depth of the ocean is incredible. One of my | | | | artists, when they change their methods, or scale |
| favorite sculptures is "The Perfect Wave" which | | | | down what they are known for, the value of |
| shows a pod of dolphins in a wave. The way he | | | | their previous works goes up. |
| sculpted the Lucite creates light diffusion which | | | | Wyland's art has always been a good investment, |
| mimics real water, and gives a really cool feeling | | | | his collections are one of the rare cases in which |
| of actually being underwater. | | | | value continues to grow even while he is still |
| Of course, what made Wyland famous were his | | | | active, (and alive). If you have ever thought about |
| "Whale Walls" where he painted huge murals of | | | | buying a work by Wyland, now is definitely the |
| whales on the sides of buildings. These walls can | | | | time. He also continuously changes the mediums in |
| be seen around the world and are completely | | | | which he works, sometimes abandoning his old |
| unique to this artist. Wyland has announced that | | | | styles altogether which further increases the value |
| he will be painting his final (and 100th) "whale wall" | | | | of some of his works. His newest style is to paint |
| on the Great Wall of China for the 2008 Olympics. | | | | sealife on top of a photograph of an underwater |
| Now is the time to collect Wyland art, because as | | | | scene. This blend of real-life background and |
| soon as he completes his final wall, prices and | | | | imagined sealife gives a very nice feel to these |
| values will go up. Some believe it may be signalling | | | | works. |