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 14, 2021 | Canyons, Grand Canyon, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes
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...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 14, 2021 | Canyons, Deserts, Mountains & Hills, Natural Scenes, Rivers & Streams, Rural Arizona
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...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 13, 2021 | Deserts, Meadows, Fields & Gardens, Mountains & Hills, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes, Saguaro, Seasons, Spring
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....
by Bernard Marks | Jan 10, 2021 | Canyons, Grand Canyon, National Parks, Natural Scenes, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes, Seasons, Winter
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...
by Bernard Marks | Jan 9, 2021 | Animal Figures, Autumn or Fall, Canyon de Chelly, Canyons, Deserts, Figures, Historic Places, Human Figures, Meadows, Fields & Gardens, Mountains & Hills, National Monuments, Natural Scenes, Rural Arizona, Rural Scenes, Seasons
Canyon de Chelly Homecoming MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ UNUSUAL OIL PAINTING “CANYON DE CHELLY HOMECOMING”: In “Canyon de Chelly Homecoming,” one of Bernie’s final oil paintings, he departs in a notable way from his...
