Bonnie Marris Art Gallery
Gallery updated on Thursday, June 18, 2026
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Bonnie Marris has taken an unusual path into art; she developed her talent by portraying animals "from the inside out." While she was a student at Michigan State University, Bonnie illustrated several major books. One volume she worked on was a leading expert s mammalogy text that contained several hundred drawings and detail studies. This massive project attracted the attention of noted zoologist George Schaller, who invited Bonnie to prepare the art for posters that would support his worldwide rare animal relief programs. Beyond academic training and emotional involvement, art requires another element for which there is no substitute: experience. Each year, Bonnie makes two major trips, and countless smaller ones, to observe and learn about the wildlife she loves. In 1980, one such voyage took her to Alaska, where she lived in the wilderness for six months. She recounts, "To get into a natural environment and see the animals on their own terms is as important as knowing the animals themselves. For instance, gray wolves on the tundra—the vast, vast tundra with the wind and other forces of nature at their most extreme—that s what makes them what they are. To stand not far from a grizzly that is so overpowering, so beautiful and so large . . . to watch it pull up a small tree with a swipe of its paw and just a few minutes later see it delicately picking blueberries with its black lips. . . Alaska changed me; it gave me the biggest incentive to paint and increased my interest in the predators: the cats, bears, coyotes, wolves and foxes. They exist on so many levels. Their moods show in their eyes and we can learn so much from them."
Bonnie Marris Current Portfolio
Morning Magic
Ravens Path
Hidden Secrets Artist Proof
Summer Fields
Ravens Path
Contemplating the Dragonfly
Night Cap
Undivided Attention
Night and Day
Tough as Stones SMALLWORK EDITION ON
Undivided Attention
Splash
Social Viewpoints
Morning Run
Morning Muses Artist Poof
Idle Hours
Eye to Eye
Morning Run MUSEUM EDITION ON
His Favorite Spot40
Pawnee
Mystere
Into Blanco Canyon
Rocky Lookout
Grace Under Pressure
The Power of Freedom
Lazy Days on the Big Crooked
Morning Muses
Moving Day
Lucky Catch
October Winter
Mountain Mama
Clotildas Perfect Day SMALLWORK EDITION ON
Montana Colt
THE GIFTS OF SPRING
Sweet Tooth
BLACK MAGIC ARTIST PROOF
SHOWDOWN
Crossing the Big Sandy
Social Viewpoints
Ice Princess MASTERWORK
Born To Be Wild
Eye to Eye
Fish Tales Artist Proof
The Power of Freedom
Mountain Mama
Trouble
Early Blizzard
Maxfields Garden
Testing the Waters
Summer Fields
Sweet Tooth