by Bernard Marks | Feb 21, 2021 | Buildings, Houses, Meadows, Fields & Gardens, Mountains & Hills, Natural Scenes, Rural Scenes, Rural Wyoming, Seasons, Summer
Jackson Hole Homestead MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ GENTLE WATERCOLOR “JACKSON HOLE HOMESTEAD” FROM NEAR JACKSON, WYOMING: One day in the summer of 2003, as Bernie and I were exploring the rural area around Jackson, Wyoming, near Grand...
by Bernard Marks | Feb 20, 2021 | Buildings, National Parks, Seasons, Summer, Zion
Zion Lodge MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ WATERCOLOR “ZION LODGE” FROM ZION NATIONAL PARK: I can’t remember another time when Bernie ever felt motivated to paint a building that we were staying in. But he did paint this cabin, live and...
by Bernard Marks | Feb 20, 2021 | Buildings, Figures, Human Figures, National Parks, Seasons, Summer, Zion
Afternoon at Zion Lodge MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ “AFTERNOON AT ZION LODGE” IN ZION NATIONAL PARK: Bernie and I visited Zion National Park many times. At first, we stayed in a hotel in Springdale, Utah, just outside the park’s...
by Bernard Marks | Feb 18, 2021 | Buildings, Deserts, Historic Places, Houses, Mountains & Hills, Natural Scenes, Rural New Mexico, Rural Scenes
Embudo Station MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ STRONGLY VERTICAL “EMBUDO STATION” ON THE RIO GRANDE IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: This place may look plain, but Bernie loved it! He repeatedly painted this property and the Rio Grande that runs...
by Bernard Marks | Feb 14, 2021 | Buildings, Churches, Historic Places, Taos, Towns & Cities
San Francisco de Asis Church in Ranchos de Taos MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ EXQUISITE “SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS CHURCH IN RANCHOS DE TAOS”: Let’s say you’re driving on New Mexico State Route 68, called the “Low Road to...
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...