Tent Rocks
BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS GENTLE WATERCOLOR “TENT ROCKS”:
The area in New Mexico called “Tent Rocks” is an unusual national monument on Native American land. It’s both amazingly beautiful and remarkably intriguing because of its history and geology.
About 7 million years ago, tremendous explosions within the Jemez (pronounced hey-mez) volcanic field deposited rock and ash across a wide area. Over time, erosion and weathering created cones of soft pumice and tuff, topped by harder caprocks. These rock formations are light in appearance, almost ethereal, and can vary from shoulder height to a towering 90 feet.
Today, the area is preserved as the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument. It’s located just west off I-25 as one travels between Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks is a great place to hike and well worth a lengthy visit. A climb to the crest offers a view of one of the most unusual places I’ve ever visited. That was the vantage point for this painting.
MARTHA MARKS ADDS:
Bernie’s other paintings from this national monument are “Hoodoos” and “Tent Rocks Trek.“
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- Medium: watercolor
- Unframed, ready to be matted and framed
- Size: 14″ x 20″
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