Com-Posers Watercolors by Bertie Brown

 Com-Posers

original: 9" x 12"

Green Acres

original watercolor landscape en plein air w/barn, fields: 9" x 12"

What HO!

Say it’s not so

that sound that i hear

humming tunes that i fear

and what’s that i see

in the scene before me

a dry sculpted shell

of a locust…what the ‘L?

it’s just but July

my mind fairly cries

i need lots more time

and summer sunshine

what solace i find

in sunflowers is mine

so locusts, you stop

your late summer talk

my backyard’s all dressed

and dandied it’s best

so let me enjoy

my well deserved rest

BB

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Workshop WorkOut Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Watercolor Portraits Workshop

press on, you say

so that’s what I do

not cease and desist

that’s never okay…

to break through the fray

you gotta hang tough

and paint every day

talent’s just not enough

BB

Donkey-Oaty Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Donkey-Oaty

original watercolor donkey: 8" x 10"

there’s more to see

from Studio B

‘cause there’s never enuff

paintings of stuff

specific-ally

a nosey donkey

i trust he's in vogue

for upscale art shows!

BB'17

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Cookin' Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Cookin' Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 12" x 12"

Goldfinch Grinch

My sunflower girls

Never use my sunblock 

Nor do they apply

 Suntan lotion a lot

They’re naturally golden

Their brown faces boastin’

Their fearless devotion

To sunshine in motion

But there are some days

They have to confess

A shot of pest spray

Would be their best bet

For shoo-ing away 

Gold finches of prey

‘Cause finches 

Are Grinches

As they yank pull and splay

The petals and bonnets

My sunflowers boast

In my poems and sonnets

Why couldn’t they just

Gather seeds without fuss.... 

BB

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Lititz Art Show July 29 : 9 - 5 NO RAIN ALLOWED!

Posers in the Park

Here we come

Chargin’ to the park

we’re gonna get there real early

While it’s still pretty dark

Hey, hey we’re the ‘Posers’

We’ve got a lot of work yet to do

We have to sell ourselves all to you

So we better get hangin’

Ourselves in the Bertie Brown Booth!

BB

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Crimson Com-Poser Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Crimson Com-Poser

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"

Cavalier about Cheer

my sunflower girls 

have got to admit

they long for a world

where they could just sit

they’ve got but one shoe

though it’s a great fit

a minute without it

would help quite a bit

their long leggy-ness

can cause some back strain

a slight dizzy-ness

and dull aching pain

but stand there they do

displaying such cheer

for one month or two

this time of the year

it’s quite cavalier

and exhausting, I fear!

BB

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The Leader of the Pack Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Leader of the Pack

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"

Sophie and i 

in summertime mode

are sitting beside

a sunflower abode

a garden, of course

where we plan to stay

with no great remorse

for past cooler days

‘cause we’ve got our paints

our brushes and such

our sun hats in place

and posers? a bunch!

so here’s where we’ll be

come sun or a storm

we’ll work happily

our summertime  ‘norm’!

BB

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