Trio Trouble Original Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Trio Trouble

original musical watercolor w trumpet, trombone, horn: 6" x 8"

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from Studio B

I’m not gonna stop

pay attention to me!

there’s lots left to paint

musicians and more

plus still life abounds

with subjects galore

so onward I’ll go

painting plenty and so 

 when I’m finished, you know,

 I’ll say" Let's have a show"!

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Silver Bells Original Drawing by Bertie Brown

                                                             MERRY CHRISTMAS!

a tiff or two

is natural I’m told

espe’shly during 

renovation mode

but let’s not forget

the work that’s been done

those months we’ve endured

the long way we’ve come

so may I suggest

we consent to confess

the room is just great

and worth every cent

so thanks, DQ Dave

 and all of your crew

may your new year include

a referral or two

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Silver Bells

original drawing w/horn, trumpet, trombone: 6" x 8"

May your Christmas Bells

be shiny and bright

with melodies light

and harmonies tight

May each Christmas gift

remind you of this

The Babe in the stall

Is The Lord of us all…

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Baubles and Bell Musical Motif Drawing by Bertie Brown

Baubles and Bell

original musical motif drawing w/horn, glass baubles: 12" x 12"

a musician displays 

exhibitionist ways

but it’s all okay

‘cause music filled days

and nights do remain

quite high on our list

of things we like best

so please don’t insist

we cease and desist!

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Srting Fling Musical Motif Drawings by Bertie Brown

String Fling

original musical motif drawing w/cello. violin: 9" x 12"

more small works

a drawing with quirks

of strings that sing

and that’s no small thing!

these petite suites 

are fun and unique

if you like what you see

you can buy two or three!

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Coloring Inside the Lines Musical Motif Drawing by Bertie Brown

Coloring Inside the Lines

original drawing w/violin, horn: 8" x 13" 

strings are things

that go plunk

when they’re plucked

but when they are bowed

well, properly so,

they sing full and  free

with the greatest of ease

like an acrobat high

on the flying trapeze 

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Silver Bells Musical Motif Drawings by Bertie Brown

 Posers

original drawing w/violin, sunflower: 10" x10"

Silver Bells

original drawing w/trumpet, trombone, horn: 14" x 17"

a Prickly Pair

we’re in despair

it’s not funny, I’m not sunny

and he’s def’nitely not Cher

seems bickering fills the air

and tempers tend to flare

‘cause these ‘renos’ are just

filling our home with dust

I’m sure when it’s done

our new stuff has come

we’ll ask ourselvs why

we let our tempers fly

we  won’t even mention

our former contention

‘cause we’ll be content

with our new firmament!

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Silver Bells Still Life Drawings by Bertie Brown

Silver Bells

original still life drawing w/ trumpet, horn, trombone: 7"x 11"                                                                   

Posers

origninal still life drawing w/horn, sunflowers: 7" x 11"

are estimates

mere guesst-imates

or simply suggest-imates

perhaps they’re new testaments

of builder’s projection-ates

whatever the case

my sinuses say

they’re getting congest-imates

o’re all these invest-aments!

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Silver Bells Musical Motif Drawings by Bertie Brown

Silver Bells

original still life drawing w/horn, trumpet, trombone

what ho

Sophie and I 

just want to know

who turned off the heat

and dimmed the lights low

where are the wool socks for our feet

our sweater sets and turtlenecks

who said summer could retreat?

we are cold and so distressed

why can’t winter last one week

it’s time I guess

to hibernate until next June

and we both hope

that comes real soon!

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Mom's & Mamie's Drawings/Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Mom's & Mamie's

original still life drawing w/sherbet dish, glass plate: 10" x 12"

an item of hers

a few of my own

some are just borrowed

I’ve got them on loan

those years, 92!

amazingly quick

filled every last nook

and cranny I think

and now as I sort

through the stuff she held dear

will I at long last

go joyfully, not fear?

it’s one out of one

that’s how it’s been done

since time has begun

not one can outrun

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Mamie's Plate Still Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

                                                                   Mamie's Plate

original still life watercolor w/pitchers, plate:15" x18" 

Fancy Stance

original drawing w/sherbet glass, marbles:10" x 12"

cast all your cares

you must let them go

He wants to provide

His word says it’s so

but

if i do not learn

from my past mistakes

i thwart all the grace

and just run in place

yet

there is a rock

and a mercy seat

where grace is revealed

in humility

now

this cornerstone

it beckons to me

i bow myself down

and freely receive

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Apple Corps Still Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Apple Corps

original drawing w/apples, vintage strainer: 10" x 12"

the season has changed

and I gotta say

I’m in a tight spot

what goes and what stays??

this whole year has brought

assignments for sure

decisions to make

more stuff to endure

so maybe I’ll just

hide out for a bit

beside my still life

for one brief respite

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The Blue Plate Special Stll Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Blue Plate Special

original still life watercolor w/pitchers, plate, bottles: 11" x 12"

more treasures I find

as still I press on

will I get to an end

will it ever be done

dreams lurk in my mind 

every night as I rest

while days are task-filled

on this treasure filled quest

I know that in time

there’ll be a reward

a peace not soon spoken

but one that endures

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Trio-sphere Musical Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Trio-sphere

original watercolor w/trumpet, horn, trombone: 11" x 14"

Eggs-cellent

original drawing w/eggs, shells, pitcher: 10" x 12"

technic

I hear

is over-rated...

don’t fear

‘cause when there is truth

with a Capital T

there’s no flattery

it’s not what i need

those doubts 

they must flee

and statements of worth

cease posing, you see

experience brings hope

please wait patiently

this ‘busy-ness’... rest...

there’s peace here for me

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Autumnesque-cape Drawing by Bertie Brown

Autumnesque-cape

original drawing w/zinnias, shells:10" x 12"

and this is the question

can I toss intention

and renounce all strife

at this stage of life?

could I, if you please,

watch daytime TV

munch Bon-bons in threes

sip Long Isle Iced Teas

would I, do you see,

be happy with ease??

seems I have this need

to work constantly

and drawing, indeed,

is essential to me...

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Wrapskins Mailbox Cover Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Wrapskins Mailbox Cover

my artwork + Wrapskin Technology =

Perky Postal Port!

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Poppy Top Still Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Poppy Top

original still life watercolor w/donkey, poppy, bottle: 8 1/2" x 11"

there’s more to see

from Studio B

‘cause there’s never enuff

paintings of stuff

specific-ally

a trotting donkey

and perky poppy

I hope they’re in vogue

for upscale art shows!

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Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 11" x 14"

In the Blooming

my bed of sunflowers

prepping for hours

is all set to host

an end of summer toast

boasting nectar so sweet

tasty seeds, what a treat

for our faithful dine-ees

all feasting happily

dragonflies, bumble bees

butterflies, such drama queens

golden finches, 

those much reformed grinches

heady heat waves

shimmer and sway 

hovering o’er

 this late summer day

I wave goodbye 

as they pack up, they try

to smile through their sighs

then southward they fly

the long winter’s night

is approaching too soon

will they come back next June?

I hope so, I do....

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Mozart and Me Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Mozart and Me

original watercolor composer/Mozart: 9" x 12"

more petite suites

of musical peeks

at composers, you see

‘cause they happen to be

a favorite theme

so theoretical-ly

what’s next just might be...

Beethoven and me! 

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Com-plaining Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-plaining Com-posers

original watercolor sunflowers

 Grandmothers All 

  my vibrant sunflowers

 last week so spry

have bent down a bit

heaving a sigh

they hang down their leaves

it seems that they’re just

dry crumpled sheaves

turning to dust

there’s no use complaining

as they have no say

the season is changing

it’s all nature’s way

they lift up their chins

and give me a shrug

tighten their bonnets

with a sly little tug

my grandma sunflowers

will soon cease to be

I cherish those hours

they've shone down me

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Portrait Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Pondering the Past

original watercolor portrait: 9" x 12"

just keep tryin’, you say

so that’s what I do

not cease and desist

that’s never the way...

to break through the fray

you gotta hang tough

and paint every day

talent’s just not enough

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Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"

And So It Goes

Seems the sun’s in retreat 

Giving me the cold shoulder

Our summer’s romance

Is apparently over

Gone are the sundrops

Warming my face

Menacing shadows

Have taken their place

 Cobalt blue breezes 

Rustle about

Autumn is coming

Of that there’s no doubt

My sunflowers are ruined

Their beauty in tatters

Seeds, petals, leaves

Lie tossed about, scattered

I notice the dance

Of those spurious squirrels

As they snatch the remains

Of my golden sun girls

More quickly than ants

At a picnic, they advance

And I thought that finches

Were sunflower grinches!

Now I’m left all alone

With a dry, crumbling wall

Where my sunflowers had grown

Majestic and tall

But didn’t I hear

A whisper so clear

We’ll be back next year

With more summertime cheer!

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PRESS for Mt Gretna Art Show Com-posers Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Today's Lancaster Newspaper

FRONT PAGE!!

Bertie Brown

Booth #107

Mt Gretna Art Show

Sat/ Sun, Aug. 17/18

9-5

rain or shine

See Y'all there!

Mt Grtena Art Show, Sat/Sun, August 17/18, Watercolors by Bertie Brown

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original watercolor sunflowers: 8"x14"

Com-posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 11" x 14"

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!

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L'Orangerie / Caroling Com-posers Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Mt. Gretna Art Show bound!

Aug 17, 18 

9-5  rain or HOPEfully shine!

                                                                    L'Orangerie

watercolor still life w/violin, oranges, bottle: 12" x 16" 

 Caroling Com-posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 15" x 22"

just keep tryin’, you say

so that’s what I do

not cease and desist

that’s never the way...

to break through the fray

you gotta hang tough

and paint every day

talent’s just not enough

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Trio Trouble Musical Motif Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Trio Trouble

original musical motif watercolor w/brass trio: 11" x 14"

if the trombone’s in charge

the trumpet won’t play

the horn can't say

if he’ll go or stay

such is the way

our world behaves today

compromise is out

dissonance has clout

there could be peace and harmony

‘cause trios CAN play charming-ly..

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