Horse Country
BERNARD MARKS WROTE ABOUT HIS ICONIC WATERCOLOR PAINTING “HORSE COUNTRY”:
“Horse Country” shows a real scene while reflecting the countless other similar places that Martha and I saw in our two decades of travel around the western United States.
There’s the old, faded barn. The lean rancher. The rough-hewn wooden fence. The stacked-up bales of hay. The distant butte and mesa. And, of course, the horses… because the horse is still as essential in this part of America as it was two hundred years ago.
In the case of “Horse Country,” we stopped for a few sketches and photos on the road beside this southern Utah ranch. Later, back in my studio, I turned them into this painting of a timeless scene.
MARTHA MARKS ADDS:
I recall this scene very well, and also the fact that we saw it en route to Kodachrome Basin State Park. The park, the ranch, and those horses are merged in my memory. It was a beautiful drive, a picturesque ranch, and a highly paintable group of figures. In short, “Horse Country” was a perfect scene for Bernie to capture with his watercolors.
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