Snow in the Sangres MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ DELICATE WATERCOLOR “SNOW IN THE SANGRES”: The Sangre de Cristo Mountains is the longest range of the Rocky Mountains. Their massive peaks extend from northern New Mexico well into central...
The Chama River MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ DELICATE WATERCOLOR “THE CHAMA RIVER” FROM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: Bernie painted the Chama River (in Spanish Río Chama) so many times and in so many weather conditions that he almost certainly...
Fishing the Pecos MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ EYE-CATCHING WATERCOLOR “FISHING THE PECOS”: Bernie loved the Pecos River. He painted it more often than any other single location anywhere. And every one of those pieces was unique. He never...
Tent Rocks Trek MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ SITE-SPECIFIC “TENT ROCKS TREK”: This painting shows a couple of friends of ours on a real-life hike through rugged terrain sometime in the early ’00s. I was traveling elsewhere at the...
Teton Morning MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ SPECTACULAR “TETON MORNING” FROM GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK: This large painting shows Grand Teton National Park the way I remember it from our first visit there, in the summer of 2000. It was a...
Jackson Hole Homestead MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ GENTLE WATERCOLOR “JACKSON HOLE HOMESTEAD” FROM NEAR JACKSON, WYOMING: One day in the summer of 2003, as Bernie and I were exploring the rural area around Jackson, Wyoming, near Grand...
