Bonnie Marris - Summer Fields - Hand Signed - Limited Edition Canvas - Image Size: 32"w X 16"h. Limited Edition Of: 75 - Pick Up An Art Magazine And The Chances Are That They Have Recently, Or Are Preparing To, Publish A Story On The Artist Bonnie Marris; Most Recently "southwest Art," "western Art Collector" And "art Of The West" Magazines. She’s Invited To Participate In More Of The Major Art Shows Than She Can Possibly Supply And The Invitations Continue To Pour In. The Paintings She Finishes Apart From Exhibitions Are Completed For Major Galleries. Collectors Are Drawn To Bonnie Marris’ Paintings Because The Love She Has For The Animals She Paints Simply Radiates From The Canvas. This Exhilaration Is Contagious As Marris’ Skill With The Brush And Empathy For Her Subject Brings To Life The Joyous Freedom Of The Wild. One Of The Secrets To The Success Of Her Work Is Showing Her Subjects Engaged In Activities That We Can Easily Relate To Without Imposing Human Interpretations Upon The Actions Of Animals. With "summer Fields" We Have A Perfect Example Of Such A Marris Work. Warm Summer Winds Are Blowing The Leaves And Grasses. The Sun Heats The Colors And Edges Until They Blend Into One Another. Horses' Tails Swish And Calmness Blankets The Field. They Rest Together, Best Buddies, Massaging Each Other's Backs And Listening To Distant Breezes.……about The Artist - Bonnie Marris 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.”

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