Mesa Verde Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and the largest archaeological preserve in the United States. Ancestral Pueblo peoples (sometimes called the Anasazi) made this their home for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 to 1300....
Bryce Magic BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS GLOWING PAINTING “BRYCE MAGIC” FROM BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK. Millions of years of wind, water and geologic forces have shaped the orange cliffs and hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah. Arising...
Along the Grand Wash BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS SOFT-FEELING “ALONG THE GRAND WASH”: In Capitol Reef National Park, a primitive dirt road through the area known as the Grand Wash offers easy access and close-up views of remarkable rock formations....
Virgin River BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS GORGEOUS WATERCOLOR PAINTING “VIRGIN RIVER”: The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River. About 162 miles long, it flows through Zion National Park in Utah and ends at Lake Mead in Nevada. Although the...
Two Moose in the Tetons BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS CLEVER WATERCOLOR PAINTING “TWO MOOSE IN THE TETONS”: “Two Moose in the Tetons” is one of the wildlife paintings that I did at Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming. This...
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...
