Grand Canyon South Rim MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ ETHEREAL “GRAND CANYON SOUTH RIM”: This is one of the plein air watercolors that Bernie painted during our first visit to Grand Canyon National Park, sometime around 2000. He left no...
Grand Canyon Contours MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ STRIKING “GRAND CANYON CONTOURS”: Sometimes Bernie painted the Grand Canyon with a literal touch. In those pieces it’s recognizable to anybody who has ever been there. And then there...
A Touch of Winter MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS EXQUISITE “A TOUCH OF WINTER” OIL PAINTING: “A Touch of Winter” was Bernie’s last completed painting. I didn’t even see it until after he died, when I was clearing out his...
Summer Haze on the North Rim BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS ATMOSPHERIC MIXED-MEDIA PAINTING “SUMMER HAZE ON THE NORTH RIM”: “Summer Haze on the North Rim” shows one very special vista point from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. From this...
Rain Enters the Grand Canyon BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS GENTLE WATERCOLOR PAINTING “RAIN ENTERS THE GRAND CANYON”: The first time that Martha and I visited the Grand Canyon in the ’80s, it literally took our breath away. Hard to explain now the...
Winter Morning at Yavapai Point BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS MAGNIFICENT “WINTER MORNING AT YAVAPAI POINT”: I made field studies and photos for “Winter Morning at Yavapai Point” on a brutally cold day on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. That...
