Lunchtime on Marcy Street

by Bernard Marks | Feb 22, 2021 | Buildings, Downtown Buildings, Figures, Human Figures, Santa Fe, Seasons, Summer, Towns & Cities

Lunchtime on Marcy Street MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ BRIGHT WATERCOLOR “LUNCHTIME ON MARCY STREET”: Here’s another of Bernie’s lively street scenes set in downtown Santa Fe. He enjoyed painting people in ordinary settings,...

Indian Market at La Fonda

by Bernard Marks | Feb 22, 2021 | Buildings, Downtown Buildings, Figures, Historic Places, Human Figures, Santa Fe, Seasons, Summer, Towns & Cities

Indian Market at La Fonda MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ ENERGETIC WATERCOLOR “INDIAN MARKET AT LA FONDA”: Indian Market is a big deal in Santa Fe. It happens every August, a spectacular show of Native American arts and crafts. Thousands of...

Cerrillos

by Bernard Marks | Feb 14, 2021 | Buildings, Cerrillos, Churches, Downtown Buildings, Historic Places, Rural New Mexico, Rural Scenes, Towns & Cities

Cerrillos MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ EVOCATIVE WATERCOLOR OF THE GHOST TOWN “CERRILLOS”: In this charming watercolor, Bernie captures the essence of First Street in “downtown” Cerrillos, New Mexico. Cerrillos is Spanish for...

Morning in Ouray

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...

New Orleans Is Music

by Bernard Marks | Nov 30, 2014 | Buildings, Downtown Buildings, Figures, Historic Places, Human Figures, New Orleans, Towns & Cities

New Orleans Is Music BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS UNIQUE, PLACE-SPECIFIC PAINTING “NEW ORLEANS IS MUSIC”: Many artists have painted picturesque New Orleans. In “New Orleans is Music,” my goal was to do something different, yet capture the...

Santa Fe Indian Market

by Bernard Marks | Aug 4, 2014 | Buildings, Churches, Downtown Buildings, Figures, Historic Places, Human Figures, Santa Fe, Seasons, Summer, Towns & Cities

Santa Fe Indian Market BERNARD MARKS WROTE THIS ABOUT HIS AMAZINGLY COMPLEX OIL PAINTING “SANTA FE INDIAN MARKET”: “Santa Fe Indian Market” is a bird-eye rendition of the spectacular presentation of Native American art market that Santa Fe, New...