Of Myth and Magic by Bonnie Marris

Limited Edition Signed Print:    1099/1500

Published:  Greenwich Workshop,  1990  SOLD OUT EDITION

Image Size:    21.125”w x 32.5”h

Lithograph on Paper

Selling Price:   $175.00

Artist’s Comments:  Throughout history, the wolf has been viewed as a mysterious and elusive creature who roams the forest in the darkness of night, and howls at the moon for reasons we can only imagine. We delight and frighten our children with myths and legends of him. But the truth about the wolf is far different from the folklore.  After traveling to Alaska and living among the Arctic White Wolf for days at a time, I believe them to be magical animals. The following age-old words of Siram B. Bew, best express my emotions  for the rare, and often misunderstood, wolf: "To stare into the eye of the beast with no fear - that is the moment that is now. Within that moment is the humbling and the honor - the ice chill of truth that we will always be the hunter and the hunted. Within that eve what unspeakable worlds transcend and echo the past,  the moment and the sight of a future where the heart cries we are one."

About the Artist:  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.   In addition to her accomplished skill at rendering her subjects and evident affinity for the wild, Marris’ painting requires frequent and substantive field experience.