Painting
“Netting Vaquitas” by Marius Mason
“MEXICO: An effort to save the critically endangered vaquita porpoise is being helped by banning the use of gill nets in all waters where it is found. The vaquita (‘little cow’ in Spanish) lives only in the northern part of the Gulf of California, and only about 60 remain. Gill nets are used by fishermen seeking […]
Free Oscar Lopez Rivera painting by Marius Mason
Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera has served almost 35 years in prison, convicted of seditious conspiracy for his commitment to the independence of Puerto Rico, though he was not accused or convicted of causing harm or taking a life. Serving a sentence of 70 years, he is the longest held political prisoner in […]
Vaquita by Marius Mason
“The vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus) is considered by many to be the rarest and most-endangered species of marine mammal in the world. in May 2016, the population size of the vaquita is considered to be 60, based on the results of a 2015 vessel survey and acoustic study. It is the smallest of only seven […]
“For Naelyn Pike (San Carlos Apache) standing with Standing Rock” by Marius
“This painting is another in a short series of portraits of resistance activists at the Standing Rock reservation to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Construction on part of it had been temporarily halted, but the fight is far from over. So many people have come together to defend the tribe’s land and water rights- and to […]
Cece McDonald portrait by Marius
New portrait by Marius of Cece McDonald: Writer, social activist, trans heroine. This painting will be auctioned off at a spring 2017 fundraiser for The Campaign to Restore Meaningful Commutation, a Pittsburgh based group that is pursuing criminal justice reforms for people serving Life Sentences, hosted by Let’s Get Free: Women and Trans Prisoner Defense […]
New Painting: Peter Francis of the Sioux People
I wanted to celebrate with all the courageous and determined indigenous folks who are organizing the Red Warrior Camp- that they’d won a temporary injunction to the pipeline is significant, although the fight is far from over. One of msy heroes Winona La Duke has pointed to the struggle in Dakota as representing “the […]
2017 Certain Days Calendar available now
2017 Certain Days Calendar: Freedom for Political Prisoners. Featuring a painting by Marius of the Victory Garden Project! $12.00
Ashley Diamond: Trans Heroine
Ashley Diamond, a transgender woman from Georgia, has brought widespread attention to the abuse and the denial of medical treatment that many incarcerated transgender inmates face. While Diamond was in prison, she was wrongfully placed in a male facility and denied the right to continue hormone replacement therapy, despite her seventeen-year medical history of receiving […]
“Where They’re Supposed to Live” by Marius Mason
“In light of Sea World’s promises to end captive breeding programs and eventually, live performances, and the Baltimore Aquarium’s announcement they will allow their dolphins to go to a sanctuary–it seems like there is a significant shift in public opinion and policy toward marine animals. This is very encouraging but there is long way between […]
“When the Trees are Gone” by Marius
“A National Geographic special hosted by Birutė Marija Filomena Galdikas, a famous Canadian orangutan specialist, underscored the terrible fact that if much more of native Indonesian forests are cut down [hence, the stumps in the image], then there will no place left for the orangutans to live. Galdikas is one of the very few biologists […]