Bonnie Marris Art Gallery
Gallery updated on Wednesday, May 13, 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
Fish Tales Artist Proof
Ravens Path
Morning Run
SHOWDOWN
Summer Fields
Summer Fields
Undivided Attention
Into Blanco Canyon
Grace Under Pressure
Ice Princess MASTERWORK
BLACK MAGIC ARTIST PROOF
Rocky Lookout
Sweet Tooth
Early Blizzard
Mountain Mama
Montana Colt
His Favorite Spot40
Social Viewpoints
Testing the Waters
The Power of Freedom
Morning Magic
Undivided Attention
Tough as Stones SMALLWORK EDITION ON
Mountain Mama
Night Cap
Splash
Lucky Catch
Trouble
Morning Muses Artist Poof
Hidden Secrets Artist Proof
Eye to Eye
Crossing the Big Sandy
The Power of Freedom
Pawnee
Contemplating the Dragonfly
Born To Be Wild
Morning Run MUSEUM EDITION ON
Social Viewpoints
Morning Muses
Maxfields Garden
Eye to Eye
October Winter
Idle Hours
Mystere
Ravens Path
Moving Day
Sweet Tooth
Clotildas Perfect Day SMALLWORK EDITION ON
THE GIFTS OF SPRING
Night and Day
Lazy Days on the Big Crooked