Sandhill Cranes at Bosque del Apache MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNIE’S BRILLIANT PAINTING OF SANDHILL CRANES AT BOSQUE DEL APACHE: Bernie and I spent many happy days at Bosque del Apache, a deservedly famous New Mexico haven for birds and other wildlife. It was...
Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ STREET-LEVEL “LORETTO CHAPEL IN SANTA FE”: Over the years, lots of photos and paintings have been made of Santa Fe’s iconic Loretto Chapel. But not many have ever moved me like...
San Miguel Church MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ “SAN MIGUEL CHURCH”: The tiny chapel that Bernie captures in his ethereal “San Miguel Church” is said to be the oldest in America. It’s situated in Santa Fe’s historic...
Canyon de Chelly Homecoming MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ UNUSUAL OIL PAINTING “CANYON DE CHELLY HOMECOMING”: In “Canyon de Chelly Homecoming,” one of Bernie’s final oil paintings, he departs in a notable way from his...
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 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...
