Saguaro Sunset MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ “SAGUARO SUNSET,” FROM ARIZONA’S SONORAN DESERT: In both visual and emotional impact, this brilliant, bright, cacti-filled, plein air watercolor piece is the opposite of Bernie’s cool...
Morning in the Desert MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ “MORNING IN THE DESERT” FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA: Here we have the kind of classic plein air watercolor painting that Bernie often made on location. He would then take those works, along with...
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....
Flowering Ocotillo BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS STRONGLY VERTICAL OIL PAINTING “FLOWERING OCOTILLO”: A form of cactus, the flowering ocotillo is a common and distinctive desert plant of the southwestern United States. Throughout the winter, its clusters...
Sunset and Ocotillo BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL “SUNSET AND OCOTILLO”: “Sunset and Ocotillo” shows the kind of scene that Martha and I have enjoyed for years as we roamed the Sonoran desert of southern Arizona. The...
The Persistence of Beauty BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS LOVELY PAINTING “THE PERSISTENCE OF BEAUTY”: “The Persistence of Beauty” shows how special springtime is in Saguaro National Park, because that’s when the days and nights are still...
