Bonnie Marris Art Gallery
Gallery updated on Sunday, June 28, 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
Ravens Path
Summer Fields
Maxfields Garden
Grace Under Pressure
Eye to Eye
SHOWDOWN
Ice Princess MASTERWORK
Moving Day
Sweet Tooth
Morning Magic
Mountain Mama
Mystere
Social Viewpoints
Morning Run MUSEUM EDITION ON
BLACK MAGIC ARTIST PROOF
Clotildas Perfect Day SMALLWORK EDITION ON
Night Cap
Night and Day
Morning Muses
Undivided Attention
Rocky Lookout
Idle Hours
Social Viewpoints
Into Blanco Canyon
Montana Colt
Hidden Secrets Artist Proof
Ravens Path
Trouble
Undivided Attention
Pawnee
Sweet Tooth
Lucky Catch
Fish Tales Artist Proof
Born To Be Wild
Early Blizzard
Morning Run
Crossing the Big Sandy
Tough as Stones SMALLWORK EDITION ON
The Power of Freedom
Summer Fields
October Winter
Testing the Waters
His Favorite Spot40
THE GIFTS OF SPRING
The Power of Freedom
Lazy Days on the Big Crooked
Eye to Eye
Morning Muses Artist Poof
Splash
Mountain Mama
Contemplating the Dragonfly