Artist: Bonnie Marris
Title: Ravenīs Path
Size: 24"w x 16"h.
Edition: Artist Signed and Numbered, Limited Edition to 75
Release Date: 3/31/1998
About the Art: Followers of artist Bonnie Marris have already learned about the symbiotic relationship between wolves and corvidae (crows and ravens). Marris’ previous releases on the subject are sold out at publisher or nearly: The Ties that Bind, Too Much Information, News and Commentary. There is a mysterious and wonderful camaraderie that has been observed between both wolves and ravens and wolves and crows.

“Personally, I’m most intrigued by the relationship with ravens,” says Bonnie Marris. “It is mysterious because it can only be imagined or supposed just what they are actually communicating with each other. It has only just begun to be formally studied. There’s an appearance of communication concerning the location of a kill that seems to happen again and again. The wolves will follow the ravens to a kill and although they badger each other back and forth over a kill, they seem to share.

“In this image, the ravens are leading a small group of wolves to a kill they have discovered. I love this painting because it is as much about the relationship between the wolves and the crow as it is about the lighting and rhythm of the composition. The reflections on the water and the backlighting on the wolves worked out very well. It’s a cold, but very soothing piece.”