Key West, Wyland Mural
Key West has a charm that has attracted many people. Part of that charm is the climate which is characterized as tropical savanna climate with only a small difference in monthly mean temperatures. According to the National Weather Service, the Florida Keys have never recorded a frost or freeze. Additionally, the heat of the summer is mitigated by the easterly tradewinds. The wet season falls in the May to October part of the year with the dry season occurring from November to April. Back when we were first exploring Key West, I spotted this mural and thought to myself, "This looks like a Wyland mural". It's a what you say? Robert Wyland, who is known simply as "Wyland", is a artist known for his superb paintings of marine scenes both above and below the waterline. He has galleries in Hawaii — which is where I became familiar with his work. Moreover, the really eye-catching paintings are his murals on large walls — the one in the photo to the right is the side of the Waterside Market. You can see many fine examples if you do a Google image search on "wyland murals". The Wikipedia article on Wyland contains a link to a full list of his murals. It is interesting to note that some of his murals are labeled as "extinct". In fact, I recall that he painted one on the side of a building on Front Street in Lahaina, Maui — which I noted is listed as extinct. Unfortunately (for him), the building was listed as an historic building and as such, could not be altered without permission. So he had to paint over his mural using the original color paint.
Size: 4161px × 2848px
Location: Key West, FL, USA
Photo credit: © B. David Cathell / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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