Wyland
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Robert Wyland (b. 1956 in Detroit, Michigan), known simply as Wyland, is an artist best known for painting large, outdoor murals of whales and other ocean life.
He grew up in Madison Heights, Michigan, and attended Lamphere High School. His twenty-fifth "whaling wall" is located in the pool area of the high school. His parents Darlene Wyland and Bob Wyland divorced when he was four. He has brothers Steve, Bill, and Tom.
Wyland currently lives on Oahu, in Hawaii. He has a goal of painting one hundred Whaling Walls by 2011.
Recently (June 2006), Wyland painted a mural on a wall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds for the annual "Del Mar Fair" while adoring locals watched him work.
