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....
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...
Bryce Canyon Snow BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS DRAMATIC OIL PAINTING “BRYCE CANYON SNOW”: Bryce Canyon National Park in southwestern Utah is distinctive due to its geological structures. I’ve painted there several times, but I made “Bryce Canyon...
Winter Morning at Yavapai Point BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS MAGNIFICENT “WINTER MORNING AT YAVAPAI POINT”: I made field studies and photos for “Winter Morning at Yavapai Point” on a brutally cold day on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. That...
Snow in the Arroyo BERNARD MARKS WROTE THIS ABOUT HIS EXQUISITE OIL PAINTING “SNOW IN THE ARROYO”: “Snow in the Arroyo” reveals the beauty of the high desert of New Mexico in winter. Click here to see “Chamisa Time,” my painting of...
Snow on the Rim BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS GLORIOUSLY BRILLIANT OIL PAINTING “SNOW ON THE RIM”: It was a bitterly cold day in early spring at the Grand Canyon when I did my plein air study for this painting. Not a day for watercolors, for sure! I gave...