by Bernard Marks | Feb 18, 2021 | Buildings, Deserts, Historic Places, Houses, Mountains & Hills, Natural Scenes, Rural New Mexico, Rural Scenes
Embudo Station MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ STRONGLY VERTICAL “EMBUDO STATION” ON THE RIO GRANDE IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: This place may look plain, but Bernie loved it! He repeatedly painted this property and the Rio Grande that runs...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 27, 2021 | Deserts, National Parks, Natural Scenes, White Sands
Storm Over White Sands MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ “STORM OVER WHITE SANDS” FROM WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK: Bernie and I started visiting White Sands National Park when it was “merely” a national monument. We caught a...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 18, 2021 | Deserts, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Saguaro, Sunsets
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...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 18, 2021 | Deserts, Mountains & Hills, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes, Saguaro, Seasons, Spring
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...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 14, 2021 | Canyons, Deserts, Mountains & Hills, Natural Scenes, Rivers & Streams, Rural Arizona
Desert Reflections MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL “DESERT REFLECTIONS”: “Desert Reflections” shows Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, an extraordinarily beautiful preserve in the Santa Catalina Mountains on the...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 13, 2021 | Deserts, Meadows, Fields & Gardens, Mountains & Hills, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes, Saguaro, Seasons, Spring
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....
