Wyland originally painted his first Whaling Wall in Laguna Beach in 1981 at age 25, 10 years after he spotted his first gray whale at the same location. (Photo courtesy of Wyland)At the time, it ...

Wyland has painted 100 Whaling Walls across the globe. He told 10 On Your Side eventually all of them will fade, and so will the whales if we don’t act now.

But Wyland said he keeps thinking about that wall. Despite the fires decimating everything, the concrete wall survived, he said, charred but still standing amid the devastation.

The City of New London’s whaling wall mural is getting a makeover from the artist who painted the original 30 years ago. Artist Robert Wyland painting the mural. Robert Wyland painted just 100 ...

The Broderick Tower whale mural was Wyland's 76th out of 100 "Whaling Wall" murals that span the globe. It's estimated that 1 billion people see Wyland's Whaling Walls each year.

The Broderick Tower whale mural was Wyland's 76th out of 100 "Whaling Wall" murals that span the globe. It's estimated that 1 billion people see Wyland's Whaling Walls each year.

Robert Wyland, who goes professionally by just his last name, painted the "Whale Tower" on downtown Detroit's Broderick Tower in 1997 as part of his Whaling Walls project.

Artist Wyland paints a mural on the wall next to his gallery in Laguna Beach, CA on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (Photo by Paul ...