by Bernard Marks | Apr 24, 2021 | Buildings, Churches, Downtown Buildings, Figures, Historic Places, Human Figures, Santa Fe, Seasons, Summer, Towns & Cities
Indian Market and Cathedral MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ WATERCOLOR OF INDIAN MARKET AND ST FRANCIS CATHEDRAL: For nine years, Bernie and I lived two blocks from Santa Fe’s historic and famous Plaza. Several days a week, we would stroll over...
by Bernard Marks | Apr 13, 2021 | Autumn or Fall, Buildings, Houses, Rural New Mexico, Rural Scenes, Santa Fe, Seasons, Towns & Cities
Chile Ristras MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ WATERCOLOR PAINTING “CHILE RISTRAS”: This isn’t a classic landscape painting, but it does portray a classic feature of “Santa Fe Style” and homes throughout New Mexico. Bernie...
by Bernard Marks | Apr 12, 2021 | Buildings, Houses, Santa Fe, Towns & Cities
Santa Fe Courtyard MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ WELCOMING “SANTA FE COURTYARD”: Bernie didn’t often paint close-up details of buildings, especially those without people in and around them. Not even if those buildings represented the...
by Bernard Marks | Mar 21, 2021 | Buildings, Downtown Buildings, Figures, Historic Places, Human Figures, Santa Fe, Seasons, Summer, Towns & Cities
Santa Fe Market MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ COMPLEX PAINTING “SANTA FE MARKET”: Bernie painted many versions of this annual celebration of Native American arts and crafts, called Indian Market. He made several from a special vantage...
by Bernard Marks | Mar 5, 2021 | Buildings, Downtown Buildings, Figures, Human Figures, Santa Fe, Seasons, Summer, Towns & Cities
Sampling at the Farmers Market an “Early Bernie” watercolor = 25% discount MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS’ CHARMING WATERCOLOR “SAMPLING AT THE FARMERS MARKET”: During the early 2000s, Santa Fe gradually moved and updated...
by Bernard Marks | Mar 1, 2021 | Figures, Human Figures, Santa Fe, Towns & Cities
Dancer in Waiting MARTHA MARKS COMMENTS ON BERNARD MARKS WINSOME WATERCOLOR “DANCER IN WAITING”: I honestly can’t say exactly when or where Bernie found this scene. But I’m sure he actually photographed it first. It just doesn’t seem like...
