Ocean Life, Mural #82, Texas Utilities Building, Back: 164 Feet Long x 82 Feet High, Side: 50 Feet x 78 Feet Robert Wyland , 1952 to present. This artist is best known for large scale Whaling walls, one hundred of them around the world. An estimated one billion people view his work each year. What are your impressions of this work?

Above and Below Dolphins Cast Bronze and Glass, 1994, 40" X 24" X 19“ Explain creative ways Wyland shows the form/environment of these creatures? What style of art would you classify this piece to be? Imitationalist, Formalist, Emotionalist?

Turtle World, 2003 Bronze   This artwork pays homage to the undersea world of endangered green sea turtles as they glide among the bright elkhorn corals of a tropical reef.

Work by Bill Reid Lidded Box with Bear Design, 1985-86 Silver, leather lining Chased, constructed 11.8 cm x 8.8 cm x 5.5 cm What is the focal point? How is the body different from the head of the bear? What types of lines, shapes are consistent with this piece?

Carved Gold Box, 1970 22-carat gold Repoussé, chased, cast, constructed Beaver and human design, killer whale on lid 9.9 cm x 9 cm x 7.9 cm What types of lines, shapes, rhythm are consistent with Reid’s artwork? Below, printmaking design of Salmon by Bill Reid.

Shay Church Is currently an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. He received his Master’s of Fine Arts in 2007 from San Jose State University in San Jose California. His work focuses on ceramics and sculpture. His Whales are unfired clay structures built on wooden armatures. As the clay begins to dry it cracks and can flake creating a work that evolves and changes. What do you think your reactions would be approaching this art work? Do you think Church’s choice of materials to exhibit a beached whale is a good choice? Why or why not?

Do you think Church’s choice of materials to exhibit a beached whale is a good choice? Why or why not? Gray Whale, Wet Clay Installation, 2010 Philadelphia, PA

Sand Hill Cranes by Shay Church Church’s latest work focuses on the Sand hill cranes and the changing environment of their migration routes. These are fired and glazed ceramic sculptures. Some are mounted on the wall others are raised on blocks of wood. What impression does this artist create about this bird’s environment in this piece? Is there evidence of man’s intervention?

Student solutions – High relief Emotionalist – exhausted polar bear has far to swim due to global warming and ice melt Imitationalist – Walrus left on small ice area, evidence of pollution.

Student solutions – Low relief Imitationalist, Brown pelican surrounded by oil on water Formalist, fish dying from pollution and litter