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