by Bernard Marks | Feb 18, 2017 | Canyons, Deserts, Forests, Historic Places, Mountains & Hills, Natural Scenes, Rural Arizona, Seasons, Spring
Spring in Cochise Stronghold BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS STRIKING OIL PAINTING “SPRING IN COCHISE STRONGHOLD”: “Spring in Cochise Stronghold” is a real place in Arizona’s Dragoon Mountains. This beautiful woodland area lies in a protective...
by Bernard Marks | Dec 7, 2014 | Forests, Lakes & Wetlands, Mountains & Hills, Natural Scenes, Rural Scenes, Rural Wyoming, Seasons, Summer
Mirror Lake in the Snowy Range BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS SHIMMERING “MIRROR LAKE IN THE SNOWY RANGE”: “Mirror Lake in the Snowy Range” shows a sub-range of the Medicine Bow Mountains, which are a far-northern part of the Rockies. It lies on...
by Bernard Marks | Jul 20, 2014 | Autumn or Fall, Forests, Meadows, Fields & Gardens, Natural Scenes, Rural Colorado, Rural New Mexico, Rural Scenes, Seasons, Summer
High Country Color BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS ENORMOUS, STRIKINGLY VERTICAL PAINTING “HIGH COUNTRY COLOR”: “High Country Color” is a large, strongly vertical acrylic painting that I made from my field studies in the Sangre de Cristo...
by Bernard Marks | Jul 19, 2014 | Forests, Natural Scenes, Rivers & Streams, Rural New Mexico, Rural Scenes, Seasons, Spring, Summer
Cimarron Crossing BERNARD MARKS WROTE THIS ABOUT “CIMARRON CROSSING,” HIS ELEGANT PAINTING OF WATER IN MOTION. The spot where I painted “Cimarron Crossing” is near the town of Cimarron, New Mexico, high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains....
by Bernard Marks | Jul 11, 2014 | Autumn or Fall, Canyons, Forests, Mountains & Hills, Natural Scenes, Rural Colorado, Rural Scenes, Seasons
Autumn Song BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS DRAMATIC SQUARE PAINTING “AUTUMN SONG”: This mountain pass through the Colorado Rockies offered me a unique perspective. I stood on a high road and looked down on the tops of a mass of aspens, all glowing with...
by Bernard Marks | Jul 7, 2014 | Autumn or Fall, Forests, Meadows, Fields & Gardens, Natural Scenes, Rural Scenes, Rural Utah, Seasons
Autumn Palette BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS COLORFUL “AUTUMN PALETTE”: Martha and I discovered a profusion of reds, oranges, and yellows on a drive through the mountains of southern Utah. It was too good to pass up, so we took advantage of the...