About Rochelle Mason, Artist
My Mom taught me the most valuable lesson about animals when I was young: respect them and learn from them. At the time, I was dealing with a spider. This early lesson greatly influenced my life and my art.
After building a career painting companion animals in the 1980s, I began raising awareness about endangered species (particularly those that are underappreciated) by writing and illustrating the weekly column, Focus on Nature: Insight into the Lives of Animals, for various publications across the US. In addition, I painted 3 educational art exhibitions, California's Endangered Species, Hawaii's Endangered Species, and Focus on Nature: Wildcats of the World, featured in natural history museums in the US and abroad from 1991-2013. My latest series, Focus on Nature: Beyond Eden, showcases the beauty of underappreciated animals abstractly, helping people understand and transcend speciesism.
I donate 10% of sales proceeds to Wildlife Conservation Network. WCN's mission is to protect endangered wildlife by supporting conservationists who ensure wildlife and people coexist and thrive. Learn more.