Bonnie Fields

Periodically while growing up,  boxes full of fabric swatches would arrive and I would rummage through the pieces, thrilled at the patterns and colors…patchwork quilts and crocheted goods were another constant in my home.  An ink set from China was the launching pad into watercolor.

Voyaging through our world, which while fundamentally unified is yet infinite in its diversity, gives one pause to marvel at the fleeting images which imprint, however momentarily, upon our hearts.  It is these precious glimpses that I attempt to capture in my work.

“Dost thou reckon thyself only a puny form, when within thee the universe is folded?”Beauty is an essential tenet of the Baha’i teachings, to which I subscribe.  Practicing one’s art is equated with worship, and one is admonished to “look into all things with a searching eye.”

This collection features memorable people I have observed in my travels ; seascapes ; animals.  Especially, cats have always loomed large  in my consciousness and I relish capturing their many feline aspects in their manifold expressions (their

As well as continuations in ink drawings and watercolors, the near future will bring more studies in soft pastels and portraiture.