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Wyland’s orca mural gone

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Wyland's Orca Mural
The iconic Wyland Orca Mural at the north end of the Granville Street Bridge.

Robert Wyland’s beautiful mural of a pod of orcas plying the coastal waters is no longer greeting visitors driving into Vancouver’s downtown core off the Granville Street Bridge.

The massive work of art, completed in 1994, covered the entire south-western facing wall, save for the centre portion, of the Continental Hotel at the north end of the Granville Street Bridge. It was touched up in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Unfortunately, the structure hosting the painting is being torn down to make way for a new development.

There are nearly 100 of Wyland’s Whaling Wall murals around the world, featuring orcas, gray whales, humpback whales, and blue whales. Another of these works is that of a family of gray whales which is still visible in White Rock.

Sources: Global News, Wikipedia, Twitter

 

 

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