Into the Woods Plein Air Watercolors by Bertie Brown

in the beginning

                                                                Into The Woods
                                              original watercolor plein air landscape : 10" x 14"

curiouser and curiouser

it seems to me

this summer’s the bomb

at flirting, you see

‘cause just when you feel

a cool  weightless breeze

a sun so friendly

you’re relaxin’ indeed

a thick hulking cloud 

of hu-MID-ity

descends with a shout

and spreads itself out

oh yes there’s the rub

to summer time fun

those idyllic days

come quickly undone....

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The John Jacob House Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The John Jacob House

original watercolor plein air home portrait: 9" x 12"

think that it’s done

and I had some fun

‘though there a few 

solutions that skewed

my original view

and managed to be

surprising, you see

so now I don’t know

if it’s fit to show

if not,

 you’ve just got

to tell me to Stop!

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Wild 'N Crazy Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Wild 'N Crazy

original watercolor wildflowers: 9" x 12"

Sophie and I 

are asking you-all

are buttercups high in cholesterol?

they glisten like butter

in their golden yellow clusters

we think they’d taste great

and we’d be well fed

if we used them as spread

on jam or jelly bread

wouldn’t popcorn just popped

be better with hot

melted buttercups drizzled

all over the top?

is lobster that’s baked

in buttercup paste  

richer in flavor

more pleasing to taste?

Sophie and I

just giggled and said

we think that we’ll paint

those buttercups instead!

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Pouty Peonies Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Pouty Peonies

original watercolor peonies: 9" x 12"

March cold and snow

bring April harsh winds that blow

bring dismal May showers

that pour on my flowers

for hours and hours....

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Persistent Poppies Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Persistent Poppies

original watercolor poppies: 12" x 12"

Sophie’s Spring

Grassy green grass

Prickles and tickles

Sophie’s pink piggies

All wiggly and squiggly

Babbling birdie birds

Chirp quirky birdie words

Buzzing bees fly

By Sophie’s blue eyes

Daffodils gaze

Tulips parade

My poppies sing praise

Springtime, nature’s fling-time

“Neath a shy smiling sun

Nature’s prelude

To the deluge 

Of summer days soon to come...

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Posers' Parade Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Posers' Parade

original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"

My sunflower girls are playin’ charades

I’m guessing they’re modeling

in a runway parade

they don’t ever worry

if their hips are too curvy

they’re not in a hurry

they don’t ever scurry

no, they just take their time

strut their stuff down the line

in their couture high-heeled shoe

by their fave,  Jimmy Choo

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Re-Posers Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Re-Posers

original still life with sunflowers, violin, apples, lemon: 8" x 10"

is a small work

with bright colors

in the fabric 

and the flowers

still a true way

just to quickly say

though i am petite

i can truly keep

a pretty lively

 up-town beat!

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