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Methods and Madness

Sometimes I paint fast and loose

Other times quite controlled

The subject decides the method

But each work has the same goal:

A painting that is successful

And beautiful to behold!

BB


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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Com-posers Series Watercolor Floral/Sunflowers by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 13" x 13"

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 14" x 11"

A Pleasin’ Reason for the Girls in Season

You’re probably bored

After all you’ve endured

With these paintings of girls

Their golden yellow curls

They just do not stop

Their jitterbug hop

I have to admit it

They’re very persistent

And also insistent

That I stay the course

With no remorse

And post these pictures

‘Cause they’re not permanent fixtures

They do know the drill

And the need they fulfill

That their beauty will fade

As cool winds invade

And bring the fall season

So for that sole reason

Here’s another... I do hope it’s pleasin’

BB

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Com-posers Series Watercolor Floral/Sunflowers by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 17" x 15"

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 14" x 11"

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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Monday, July 25, 2011

Com-posers Series Watercolor Floral/Sunflowers by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 19" x 16"

Sunflowers

Sienna Brown faces

Framed in golden sun bonnets

Reading Emily's playful poetry

And Edna's soaring sonnets

Their leaves a dark green canopy

Of swirling skirts, it seems to me.

Ever lavish, they grant their reward

Spilling sweet nectar, sharing their seeds

With finches and butterflies

And busy bumble bees

BB

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Com-posers Series Watercolor Floral/Sunflowers by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental




Com-poser

original watercolor floral/sunflower

each measures: 11" x 15"

Gossip Girls

The sunflower girls are gettin’ together for lunch

And gossip and news at the “Cafe Munch Bunch”.

The menu for today's Sunflower Brunch:

Bumble Bee Burgers and Golden Finch Fries

For dessert: Butterfly Splits and Dragonfly Pies....

So do not tarry, don't be late

For this fine midday tete-a-tete!

BB

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Com-posers Series Watercolor Floral/Sunflowers by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Com-posers
original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 32" x 32"
Framed and ready to go!

Com-poser

original watercolor floral/sunflower: 12" x 20"

Show Time

My sunflower girls

So brightly attired

Gather round

All the work

They've graciously inspired

Oohs and aahs greet my ears

Admiring critiques ease my fears

To the art shows I'm bound

As the girls with their crowns

Bid good-bye

And God-speed

Sell out if you please

We’ll wave all our fees

‘Cause we pose for free

BB'11

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Com-posers Series Watercolor Floral/Sunflowers by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 22" x 22"

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 22" x 22"

oh my girls

and their curls

gossiping all day long

giggles here

sniggles there

oh the secrets they share

this one’s game

that one’s lame

oh they just have no shame

when it comes

to their chums

they will say they’re such bums!

so I must

paint and just

let them gab without fuss

it’s in jest

I’ll just best bet

though I’ve got no proof yet...

BB’11

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Water Music Watercolor Still Life W/Shells, Bottles by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Water Music

original watercolor still life w/shells, hydrangea, bottles: 22"w x 19"h

down by the sea....

oh to be

by the sea

just my seashells and me

fishies play

on a tray

breaking waves splash and sway

bottles stand

near the sand

gazing t’ward the dry land

blue abounds

sun surrounds

‘tis the best place I’ve found

BB’11

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Com-poser Series Watercolor Floral/Sunflowers by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 15" x 22"

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Com-poser

original watercolor floral/sunflower: 12" x 19"

Finch Flights

Oh, the Finches frenzied flight

Simply a stunning yet silly sight

Their path a series of dips and scoops

Lofty lifts and lyrical loops

As they carry their find

The seeds that they’ve stolen

From your sunflowers and mine..

BB

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Com-posers Series Watercolor Floral/Sunflowers by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 15" x 17"

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 favorite, Jimmy Choo

BB

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Water Music Watercolor Still Life W/Shells, Bottles by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Water Music

original watercolor still life w/shells, bottles: 22" x 22"

is a still life

with bright colors

fabric folds, sea shells, sand dollars

blue-green bottles, purple flower

starfish, goldfish and some others

still a still life when there’s more life

in the painting

(do you hear those waves debating?)

than some feinting

static work

where there are no artsy quirks

BB’11

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Friday, July 8, 2011

Com-posers Series Impressionistic Watercolor Floral/ Sunflowers by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 9"w x 12"h

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 9"w x 12"h

My Backyard Sauna

It’s a sunflower sauna

and my flora and fauna

are roasting and toasting

there’s even some boasting

“Oh back in the day

in Savannah, I’d say

twas a’ hundred and three

under a shady oak tree

I, not a sunflower, just a seed

don’t ya see

had a great aching need

to flee to PA

where I hoped to someday

Join the sunflower parade

as a backyard summer guest

at BB’s Sunflower Fest”

well, that was my quest

now I’m part of the crew

it’s hot up here too

so we’re toweling as we’re growling

Shoulda moved to Kalamazoo

BB '11

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Monday, July 4, 2011

OBX Overtures Impressionistic Watercolor Seascape by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

OBX Overtures

original watercolor seascape/OBX: 12"w x 9"h

Barrier Islands

All bluster and bluff

With towering tides

Always in a huff

Race toward shore

Biting the beach

With a low rumbling roar

The sighing sands

Surrender their turf

While tall dancing dunes

Watch over the surf

Their beach bonnets swaying

And “No Trespassing” signs waving...

BB'11

OBX Overtures

original watercolor seascape/OBX: 11"w x 7"h

OBX Overtures

original watercolor seascape/OBX: 9" x 9"

Sophie

All sandy toes

And sun tanned nose

Watching blue-green tides

Under warm sunny skies

Spill shells on the sand

As she claps her tiny hands

And gives a joyous shriek

When the waves tickle her feet!

BB

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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Com-posers Series Impressionistic Watercolor Floral/ Sunflowers by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown




Com-posers!

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 9"w x 12"h (all)

the 2011

sunflower heaven

is in my backyard

it’s a sunflower farm!

there’s gold in that glow

it’s a radiant show

I want you to know

so let’s have some fun

before summer’s done

we’ve one month or two

come dance with me soon!

BB’11

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Com-posers Series Impressionistic Watercolor Floral/ Sunflowers by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Com-posers

giclee print: 14" x 15"

Finch Flies

Oh, the Finches frenzied flight

Simply a stunning yet silly sight

Their path a series of dips and scoops

Lofty lifts and lyrical loops

As they carry their find

The seeds that they’ve stolen

From your sunflowers and mine..

BB

for info, click: email