Dog Walk on a Golden Day BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS LUMINOUS PAINTING “DOG WALK ON A GOLDEN DAY”: Finding a scene like “Dog Walk on a Golden Day” happening in any woodland on any lovely autumn day is reward enough for an artist. But when...
High Country Color BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS ENORMOUS, STRIKINGLY VERTICAL PAINTING “HIGH COUNTRY COLOR”: “High Country Color” is a large, strongly vertical acrylic painting that I made from my field studies in the Sangre de Cristo...
Rio Chama Overlook BERNARD MARKS WROTE OF THIS PAINTING: The Rio Chama is one of the most scenic rivers in New Mexico. A 130-mile-long major tributary of the Rio Grande, it winds through a colorful landscape of sandstone canyons like the area shown here, which is near...
Autumn Song BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS DRAMATIC SQUARE PAINTING “AUTUMN SONG”: This mountain pass through the Colorado Rockies offered me a unique perspective. I stood on a high road and looked down on the tops of a mass of aspens, all glowing with...
Chamisa Time BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS SPECTACULAR, STRONGLY VERTICAL PAINTING “CHAMISA TIME”: “Chamisa Time” stars a bushy plant also called “rabbit bush” that’s common in the arid Southwest. It not an attractive plant...
Autumn Palette BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS COLORFUL “AUTUMN PALETTE”: Martha and I discovered a profusion of reds, oranges, and yellows on a drive through the mountains of southern Utah. It was too good to pass up, so we took advantage of the...
