by Bernard Marks | Jan 18, 2021 | Canyons, Grand Canyon, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes, Sunsets
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...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 14, 2021 | Canyons, Grand Canyon, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes
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...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 10, 2021 | Canyons, Grand Canyon, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes, Seasons, Winter
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...
by Bernard Marks | Dec 21, 2014 | Canyons, Grand Canyon, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes, Seasons, Summer
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...
by Bernard Marks | Jul 18, 2014 | Canyons, Grand Canyon, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Rivers & Streams, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes, Seasons, Summer
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...
by Bernard Marks | Jun 15, 2014 | Canyons, Deserts, Grand Canyon, Mountains & Hills, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Rivers & Streams, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes, Seasons, Winter
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...