This past December Marius and two other prisoners on his unit, wrote and performed a puppet show. The show was performed for Admin Unit prisoners and staff and was based off of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Marius said the show…
Melomys Rubicola. . .Good Night
The story is a sad one. This tiny mammal, Melomys Rubicola, used to live on a little island in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. It was the only place in the world where they lived, but they could not survive the…
Lou Sullivan painting
Lou Sullivan was an organizer, an advocate for civil rights for both the gay and trans communities – and an unabashed commentator when the two communities refused to have each other’s backs and emphasized points of divergence rather than their…
Pangolin: new painting by Marius
The new 17th Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is addressing the endangered status of pangolins by banning the trade that is driving their extinction. They’re an amazing animal with an fantastical appearance…
“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…
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…
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…
“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…
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 canadian pharmacy Commutation, a Pittsburgh based group that is pursuing criminal…
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…