In wildlife painter Bonnie Marris’ new show, she walks right up to iconic North American wildlife. And then takes another step forward. “I have always had this passionate need to ‘get close and then closer‘ to animals, dogs, horses…The brain just intrigues me. When studying a particular wild animal you reach that point where you want to share the exhilaration of getting that close to it with other people, to allow them a connection,” she says. “I thought it would be fun to totally zoom in on the animals I know so well, feel the fur and textures and be held captive by their eyes".
