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...
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....
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...
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...
