DAPHNE — Wyland, a renown artist, will paint a marine-life mural at the United States Sports Academy on Sunday, Oct. 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The public is invited to view this opportunity at no charge.

Sea-life mural paintings that address environmental issues are Wyland’s trademark.

Wyland will paint a marine-life mural on the Academy from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. From 12:30 to 2 p.m., children from the Mobile Bay area will work with Wyland to paint a marine-life canvas. If your school or youth organization would like to participate, please contact Mark Stevens at 626-3303. All spectators are welcome, but space for painting with Wyland is limited, so space reservations should be made quickly.

Wyland has been hailed as a “marine Michelangelo” by USA Today. His work has appeared in museums, corporate collections and private homes in more than 100 countries.

The equally successful, non-profit Wyland Foundation, in partnership with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is actively engaged in teaching millions of students about oceans, rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands. 

The artist’s goal over the past 25 years has been to raise awareness about marine-life conservation and global water issues through his Whaling Walls, a series of 100 murals — some as large as a hectare in size — in 70 cities throughout the world.

Wyland, who donates the paintings as gifts to each community, completed his final Whaling Wall mural in the United States last February.

Wyland was chosen as an official Olympic artist for the United States Olympic team competing in the 2008 Beijing Games.

Listed in Who’s Who in American Art, the Guinness Book of World Records, and many other publications, he has hosted several series for television, including, “Wyland’s Ocean World” on the Discovery Channel’s Animal Planet Network.

For more information on Wyland, visit www.wyland.com.

For more information about the United States Sports Academy, call 251-626-3303 or visit www.ussa.edu.