Whale (First Breath) Bronze Sculpture 2010 22 in Huge

Year2010

Hand SignedUnder Tail of Sculpture 

Condition Excellent - New in original shipping box, never displayed. 

Purchased fromOther 2010 

Provenance / HistoryFrom 1989 to today Doug Wylie has been an artist and designer in ceramics, bronze, and pewter. Doug’s mission is to express joy, balance, celebration, and grace in his art. Techniques range from accurate representation to a stylized motion influenced interpretation. Bronzes. Doug primarily designs and creates sculpture pieces that depict marine life – whales, dolphins, manta rays, octopi, turtles and more. Based on careful and thoughtful interpretation of marine life and form, he creates original sculpture pieces in clay, then collaborates with various foundries to oversee their reproduction into bronze statuary ranging from small tabletop statuettes to monumental publicly displayed statues. His bronzes have been and are still being shown in galleries in Hawaii and the California coast, and actively on the Internet. Ceramics. Doug has also designed and created and extensive line of marine life/” whale tail” ceramic ware for production and resale. His famous signature piece, the Whale-Tail Mug, has sold in the tens of thousands throughout the world. Doug personally designs and creates all original ceramic pieces, selects glazing and finishing, and produces the final original prototypes. He then facilitated the mass production of the pieces including construction of the plaster molds for high volume production and then overseeing final production of items for resale. 

Story / Additional InfoThis sculpture depicts a nurturing mother whale supporting its calf to the surface of the water for its first breath. 

Certificate of AuthenticityDoug Wylie 

LID36755

Douglas Wylie

Art Brokerage: Douglas Wylie Canadian Artist: b. 1952. Douglas Wylie was born in the Canadian prairie city of Edmonton, Alberta in 1952. His early environmental orientation was far from the shoreline. In 1958 his family moved to a California town close to the more rugged Monterey Bay coastline. He became aware of the oceans power as well as its sensitive balance. Doug earned a B.A. and credential to teach art from CSU Sacramento, which he then taught at a local high school. Doug also trained and performed as a dancer with Sacramento's Capitol City Ballet. His career in fine art began in ceramics, and in 1978 he started a successful business exploring the use of marine life as a subject for his work. "Clayfish Ceramics" was formed through Doug's union in marriage to musician, Lori Guillen who later became the business manager in 1981. The business flourished with the popularly of his whales tail mug, still found in gift shops at museums, zoos, and aquariums throughout the country. Doug eventually submerged himself in Hawaiian waters with The Center For Whale Studies to better study his subjects. A closer, physical affinity has brought forth Wylie Sculpture, designs now finely cast in bronze. Galleries near and as far as France, Japan, and Singapore display his more recent marine compositions. Doug and Lori Wylie donate four months of their lives each winter to The Center For Whale Studies' research project. The Wylies uproot their children, Dene, Doug, and Devon, and move them to Maui for the "whale season."