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