Mountain Reds MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ BRILLIANT OIL PAINTING “MOUNTAIN REDS”: Bernie’s unusual, impressionistic oil painting “Mountain Reds” exists because he and I discovered this colorful clump of red trees on our...
Mountain Stream in Fall MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ UNUSUAL SQUARE WATERCOLOR “MOUNTAIN STREAM IN FALL”: Bernie painted his delightful plein air watercolor “Mountain Stream in Fall” in 2004, during our first-ever extensive...
Winter Rapids BERNARD MARKS WROTE OF THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER THAT HE CAPTURED IN “WINTER RAPIDS”: In the fall of 2004, Martha and I were exploring back roads high up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Near the tiny town of Red Cliff, a picturesque,...
Forest Lights MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ “FOREST LIGHTS” FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS NEAR SANTA FE: Bernie spent many happy days painting in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains that loom above Santa Fe, New Mexico. And to the end of...
Wilderness Road MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ LOVELY OIL PAINTING “WILDERNESS ROAD”: “Wilderness Road” came about in the summer of 2009, when Bernie and I drove all over southern Wyoming. He was participating in the annual...
Aspen Glory MARTHA MARKS NOTES ABOUT BERNARD MARKS’ SMALL-BUT-STUNNING OIL PAINTING “ASPEN GLORY” FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: This luminous Bernie small but beautiful painting packs a tremendous punch. For sure, he had a way with aspen trees and...
