Dances on Water

Bonin's love and concern for the waterways, wildlife, and native plant life is the source of her most recent work.

In Dances on Water, Bonin captures the atmospheric changes read through "gnarled fingers of elders," or live oak branches. She also interprets the "hanging tendrils" of vines strewn along the bayous of South Louisiana. The paintings have been called 4 dimensional and have been said to exude both movement and stillness at the same time . Bonin continues to study the endangered Spanish Moss plants which are becoming more and more rare in Louisiana.

"In my moss paintings, I try to capture the feeling of the gossamer, serpentine dancing garland which constantly changes color with the changing light of day and with changes in moisture. I am fascinated with this endangered plant and know that one day, if my moss paintings survive and the plant does not, people may look at them and ask 'What is that?'"