Great Basin View MARTHA MARKS NOTES ABOUT BERNARD MARKS’ BIG, BRIGHT OIL PAINTING “GREAT BASIN VIEW”: Great Basin National Park occupies a remote stretch of eastern Nevada, near its Utah border. It may be America’s least known national park,...
Canyon BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS SPECTACULAR ACRYLIC PAINTING “CANYON”: Many paintings on this website contain the word “canyon” in their titles. But this is the only one that I chose to simply call “Canyon.” Why did I do that?...
Glacier Gorge MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ GORGEOUS “GLACIER GORGE”: Glacier Gorge is a popular hiking trail in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. It’s the best route to famous Bear Lake and Alberta Falls, which is shown here....
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...
Desert Morning MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ BIG, PANORAMIC OIL PAINTING “DESERT MORNING”: Bernie’s big “Desert Morning” oil painting reminds me of all the happy days we spent in the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona....
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...
