“I’ve been wanting to celebrate Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera’s lives for a long time, as they broke such important ground in both defining trans as a lived identity and for connecting it (and insisting on that connection) to…
“Tara Houska of Honor the Earth” – by Marius
Tara Houska, who is Couchiching First Nation, is an environmental justice attorney working for the Standing Rock tribe to defend the Water Protectors who have been arrested during the fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Big shout outs…
New Painting and Thank You from Marius
Marius asked that this painting of Darryl and Danae be shared as a thank you to everyone you sent him sympathy cards in the law few weeks. Marius wrote: “It’s not possible to show in a painting what beautiful and…
“Laura Jane Grace, Rise Like the Lotus” by Marius
“The lotus is a major symbol in the Buddhist writings, as it is something beautiful that rises from the muck. Water seemed like the best image to show crossing from one state of being to another (water to air, muck to…
“Target / Giraffe” by Marius
“This is a portrait of a baby giraffe seen through a gun scope. Recent news stories tell of increasing numbers of giraffes that are killed to provide for mercenaries and insurgent armies. Guerrillas, such as Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army,…
Marius Mason self-portrait
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…