by Bernard Marks | Jan 18, 2021 | Canyons, Grand Canyon, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes, Sunsets
Grand Canyon South Rim MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ ETHEREAL “GRAND CANYON SOUTH RIM”: This is one of the plein air watercolors that Bernie painted during our first visit to Grand Canyon National Park, sometime around 2000. He left no...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 17, 2021 | Autumn or Fall, Buildings, Houses, Meadows, Fields & Gardens, Natural Scenes, Rural New Mexico, Rural Scenes, Seasons, Summer
New Mexico Magic MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ GORGEOUS OIL PAINTING “NEW MEXICO MAGIC”: Bernie painted all over New Mexico. He found many different kinds of natural scenes and a wide variety of human-related subjects. One thing he most...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 17, 2021 | Lakes & Wetlands, Natural Scenes, Rural New Mexico, Rural Scenes, Seasons, Summer
Above Abiquiu Lake MARTHA MARKS NOTES ABOUT BERNARD MARKS’ VERY SPECIAL OIL PAINTING CALLED “ABOVE ABIQUIU LAKE”: Bernie loved Abiquiu Lake. And he also loved the nearby distinctive rock formation (seen in the background here) that locals simply call...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 17, 2021 | Mountains & Hills, Natural Scenes, Rural New Mexico, Rural Scenes, Seasons, Winter
Winter Coat MARTHA MARKS NOTES ABOUT BERNARD MARKS’ MAJESTIC OIL “WINTER COAT”: In “Winter Coat,” Bernie captures as well as anything I’ve ever seen the way the stunning Sangre de Cristo Mountains glow on a bright wintry morning...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 16, 2021 | Buildings, Downtown Buildings, Historic Places, Mountains & Hills, Natural Scenes, Ouray
Morning in Ouray MARTHA MARKS NOTES ABOUT BERNARD MARKS’ ELEGANTLY SIMPLE “MORNING IN OURAY” WATERCOLOR: At the height of autumn 2004, Bernie and I were in Ouray, Colorado, enjoying that charming old mining town for the first time and spending a few...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 16, 2021 | Forests, Great Basin, Meadows, Fields & Gardens, Mountains & Hills, National Parks, Natural Scenes
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,...
