Above the Uncompahgre
MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ HUGE AND SPECTACULAR WATERCOLOR “ABOVE THE UNCOMPAGHRE”:
At the height of fall 2004, Bernie and I spent three weeks in Colorado, enjoying charming old mining towns and exploring the Rockies. As newbies there, we didn’t expect snow in September. But when it came we took full advantage of its beauty.
This painting captures a drive that we took up a steep, narrow road with no guard rails and a long, steep drop off the sides. (What looks like a safety barrier along the edge isn’t that. It’s just the snow that hasn’t been packed down by other cars’ tires.)
Our plan was to cross the mountain and come down the other side. But our car overheated, so we found a spot barely wide enough to turn around. After some tight maneuvers, we made it safely down.
But before we left the turnaround spot, I took a series of photos that Bernie later turned into this painting. It hung in our living room for years but recently went to new owners who surely enjoy it as much as we did.
Bernie made 9 watercolors from that extraordinary trip: Above the Uncompahgre, Aspen Shadows, Morning in Ouray, Mountain Color, Mountain Stream in Fall, Riding a Country Road, Snowy Tracks, Winter Rapids, and Vanishing Point in Colorado.
Large, top-quality, custom-made archival giclée prints are available.
- Medium: watercolor
- Size: 36″x 29″ (same size as the original)
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