by Bernard Marks | Jan 16, 2021 | Buildings, Downtown Buildings, Historic Places, Mountains & Hills, Natural Scenes, Ouray
Morning in Ouray MARTHA MARKS NOTES ABOUT BERNARD MARKS’ ELEGANTLY SIMPLE “MORNING IN OURAY” WATERCOLOR: At the height of autumn 2004, Bernie and I were in Ouray, Colorado, enjoying that charming old mining town for the first time and spending a few...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 16, 2021 | Forests, Great Basin, Meadows, Fields & Gardens, Mountains & Hills, National Parks, Natural Scenes
Great Basin View MARTHA MARKS NOTES ABOUT BERNARD MARKS’ BIG, BRIGHT OIL PAINTING “GREAT BASIN VIEW”: Great Basin National Park occupies a remote stretch of eastern Nevada, near its Utah border. It may be America’s least known national park,...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 16, 2021 | Meadows, Fields & Gardens, Natural Scenes, Rivers & Streams, Rural Colorado, Rural Scenes, Seasons, Summer
View of the South Fork MARTHA MARKS NOTES ABOUT BERNARD MARKS’ GLOWING “VIEW OF THE SOUTH FORK” FROM SOUTHERN COLORADO: “View of the South Fork” shows a relatively unknown area in southern Colorado that Bernie and I first visited in 2000....
by Bernard Marks | Jan 16, 2021 | Lakes & Wetlands, Natural Scenes, Rivers & Streams, Rural Colorado, Rural Scenes, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Sunsets
Between Two Lakes MARTHA MARKS NOTES ABOUT BERNARD MARKS’ GLOWING PAINTING “BETWEEN TWO LAKES”: “Between Two Lakes” is an exquisite work of art that presents a series of mysteries to me. First, I see only one small lake in this valley,...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 16, 2021 | Autumn or Fall, Forests, Natural Scenes, Rural Colorado, Rural Scenes, Seasons
Aspen Patterns MARTHA MARKS NOTES ABOUT BERNARD MARKS’ STRIKING “ASPEN PATTERNS”: Bernie painted so many “named” places that it’s easy to forget he also tackled generic subjects like “Aspen Patterns,” a brilliantly...
