Lamy Station MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ DESOLATE-BUT-EVOCATIVE WATERCOLOR “LAMY STATION”: Lamy is a small town south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Its only real claim to fame ever is that a major train line used to stop there. Early on, in...
The Climbing Lesson MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS ONE-OF-A-KIND WATERCOLOR “THE CLIMBING LESSON”: Here’s an example of the kind of subject that Bernie really loved to paint. You’ve got what appears to be a classic Western rock wall....
String Lake at Grand Teton MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ “STRING LAKE AT GRAND TETON” FROM GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK: String Lake is exactly as it sounds: a long, skinny, shallow stretch of water. Big boats have no place there. But what you...
Yellowstone Lake MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ INVITING WATERCOLOR “YELLOWSTONE LAKE” FROM YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: Yellowstone Lake is the largest high-elevation lake in North America and also the largest body of water in Yellowstone...
Teton Ranch MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ POWERFUL “TETON RANCH” FROM GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK: I don’t recall if Bernie and I spotted this ranch scene, which he called “Teton Ranch,” inside the borders of Grand Teton...
Fishing the Firehole River MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ CHARMING “FISHING THE FIREHOLE RIVER” FROM YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: During all our visits to Yellowstone National Park, Bernie always returned to this river. It’s called the...
