Early Snow in Colorado MARTHA MARKS NOTES ABOUT BERNARD MARKS’ BIG, VERTICAL “EARLY SNOW IN COLORADO”: “Early Snow in Colorado” is one of my favorite “Bernie pieces.” If not my absolute favorite, it’s pretty darn close....
Grand Canyon Contours MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ STRIKING “GRAND CANYON CONTOURS”: Sometimes Bernie painted the Grand Canyon with a literal touch. In those pieces it’s recognizable to anybody who has ever been there. And then there...
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...
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....
Rio Grande Medley BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL OIL PAINTING “RIO GRANDE MEDLEY”: “Rio Grande Medley” shows the Rio Grande as it flows approximately 1900 miles from south central Colorado through New Mexico, through Texas,...
A Touch of Winter MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS EXQUISITE “A TOUCH OF WINTER” OIL PAINTING: “A Touch of Winter” was Bernie’s last completed painting. I didn’t even see it until after he died, when I was clearing out his...
