"Endless summer” Giclee

In honor of artist Robert Wood, I decided to paint my current view of Woods Cove at sunset.

“When I was six years old, my family had a large framed print of a seascape by Robert Wood, a well known artist from Laguna Beach, hanging over our couch in our living room. The painting depicted an area of Laguna Beach that eventually becamed named “Woods Cove,” after the artist. Wood died in the 1960s, but he was part of what inspired me to move to Laguna, where I’ve now lived and painted for many years. But the story doesn’t end there. Ten years ago, I was in a gallery and found the original version of the print that used to hang in my childhood home. I bought it on the spot. Now, in honor of Robert Wood, I decided to paint my current view of Woods Cove at sunset. This new painting, ‘Endless Summer,’ shares the warmth of Laguna’s famed beach in the vibrant warm colors that have inspired people here for generations. I hope you enjoy my Endless Summer.”

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Hermosa Beach Wins

Wyland Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation

Hermosa Beach, led by Mayor Peter Tucker, has won the title of Southern California’s greenest city for Earth Month. Hermosa Beach fended off strong challenges from Redondo Beach, Gardena, Long Beach, Villa Park, Agoura Hills, Torrance and Monrovia to claim the title after a 30-day competition among Southern California mayors to see whose city could be the most water wise for the month of April. As part of the competition, residents throughout southern California made a series of online commitments on behalf of their city at mywaterpledge.com to save water, energy, and reduce pollution over a one-year period. As the city with the highest percentage of residents to make pledges, residents who participated will receive prizes ranging from tickets to an Angels Game to Park Hopper Passes to Disneyland to reduced price admission to the Aquarium of the Pacific. Mayors from more than 20 cities, representing over 1.5 million people, actively participated in the challenge, which was developed by famed artist and conservationist Wyland. The challenge was part of the Earth Month Heroes Campaign to spotlight environmental heroes in our community and to encourage simple changes that residents can make to use water more efficiently. Participating Mayors such as Joe Carchio of Huntington Beach, Frank Scotto of Torrance, Bob Foster of Long Beach, Paul K. Tanaka of Gardena, Dave Leckness of Mission Viejo, and Laura Friedman of Glendale, all launched inter-city public awareness campaigns to promote local interest and participation in the challenge.


Peter Tucker, Mayor of Hermosa Beach

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Blues planet – a new collection global blues music for our environment

Wyland Records to release original CD, this summer

Wyland Records will release a CD of original blues music from an all-star band of blues musicians, including Taj Mahal, Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, and former Common Sense vocalist Nick-I, as the Wyland Blues Planet Band.
With recording sessions slated for May in New Orleans at the famed Piety Street Studios following the one-year anniversary of the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster, Blues Planet explores a new genre of “Global Blues” that spotlights environmental artist Wyland’s passion for conservation through the blues sounds of Chicago, Memphis, New Orleans, Texas and the Mississippi Delta. All music and lyrics for the album were written by Wyland, with guest arrangements by Jamieson Trotter and Leon Pendarvis, musical director for the Saturday Night Live Band and the original Blues Brothers band. Other SNL musical alums on the album, include trombone player Steve Turre, who will handle horn arrangements. Other musicians includes Miss Honey, Henry Carvajal, Rusty Zinn, Dave Kida, Jonny Viau, Hank Van Sickle, Andromeda Turre, Willie K, Mitch Woods, Amy Hanialii Gilliom, Mick Weaver, Joe Sublett, Darrell Leonard, Tony Braunagel, Jon Cleary, Johnny Lee Schell, Larry Fulcher, Bryan Lee, Dick Dale. Blues Planet features more than thirty original blues songs and follows up Wyland Records’ Rhythms of the Sea, a jazz-inflected tribute to ocean conservation, and is in keeping with the artist’s efforts to spread a message of environmental stewardship through the arts. Wyland’s pointed lyrics cover extensive thematic ground through a multi-layered spectrum of classic blues, from the recent Gulf Oil Spill to growing losses of natural habitat to human impacts on the environment. Slated for release in summer 2011, Blues Planet will be an exciting continuation of the blues tradition and add a new chapter in our understanding our environment and conservation for the 21st Century.

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Wyland Takes Center Stage

Booth #2051 Licensing International Expo, June 14-16

Wyland Worldwide will have an enhanced presence at 2011 Licensing International Expo at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, June 14-16. The expo is considered the world's premier brand and property markeplace, with a diverse collection of properties and brands available for licensing worldwide. Wyland's unique combination of art, nature and community service outreach has been redefining how visionary companies can create beautiful products, while doing good things for the world. The Licensing Expo offers an exceptional opportunity to show the rest of the world what Wyland fans, collectors, and business partners already know — that the Wyland brand sets a new standard for brand integrity and quality.