Riding a Country Road MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ PASTORAL SCENE, “RIDING A COUNTRY ROAD”: In September 2004, as part of a three-week exploratory trip, Bernie and I rented a cabin for a week in a rural part of Colorado. He used it as a...
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...
Winter Whites an “Early Bernie” watercolor = 25% discount MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ “WINTER WHITES” IN WISCONSIN: In 1969, as newlyweds, Bernie and I moved to the northern Chicago ‘burbs. It wasn’t long before we...
