Sugar, Bernie’s Favorite Kitty MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON A TREASURED KEEPSAKE, “SUGAR, BERNIE’S FAVORITE KITTY”: In our 53 years of marriage, Bernie and I shared our home with four cats. I was the “cat lover” in the family. Bernie...
Horse Carriage in Chicago #3 an “Early Bernie” watercolor MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ CHARMING “HORSE CARRIAGE IN CHICAGO #3”: Over the three decades (1969-2002) that we lived in the Chicago ‘burbs, Bernie painted many...
Horse Carriage in Chicago #2 an “Early Bernie” watercolor MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ PLEIN AIR WATERCOLOR “HORSE CARRIAGE IN CHICAGO #2”: Over the three decades (1969-2002) that we lived in the northern suburbs of Chicago....
Horse Carriage in Chicago #1 an “Early Bernie” watercolor MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ BRIGHT “HORSE CARRIAGE IN CHICAGO #1”: This is one in a series of three watercolor paintings that Bernie made en plein air (outdoors, on...
Autumn Walk MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ GLOWING SCENE FROM THE SANTA FE RIVER, “AUTUMN WALK”: “Autumn Walk” is Bernie’s watercolor version of a real, fairly common, and fast-moving scene that we saw on the Santa Fe River...
Heading for High Camp MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ DELICATE WATERCOLOR “HEADING FOR HIGH CAMP”: Sometime around 2000, Bernie and I took a winter getaway to a rustic dude ranch in the Colorado Rockies. We weren’t horse riders, but...
