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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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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Summer Bliss Still Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown


Summer Bliss
original still life watercolor w/pitchers, bottles, tea pot: 22" x 22"
Summer Bliss
My windows are open
Cool breezes are flowin’
My curtains are flirtin'
With the sill and the sash 
This is the way
A fine summer day
Ought always to be 
For two months or three....
Suites me perfectly
I bet you’d agree!
BB
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown


Com-posers
original sunflower watercolor: 15" x22"

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, no flower, just a seed 
don’t ya see
had a great aching need
to flee to PA
where I’d 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
and it’s hot up here too
so we’re growling as we’re toweling.... 
shoulda moved to Kalamazoo!
BB
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Friday, July 19, 2013

Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-posers
original: 11"x14"

Com-posers
original watercolor sunflowers: 21" x 22"

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
all the while holdin’
their scrumptious find
the seeds that they’ve stolen
from your sunflowers and mine...
BB
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown


Com-posers
original watercolor sunflowers: 15" x 22"

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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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Cavorting Com-posers Watercolor Sunflowers by Bertie Brown

Cavorting Com-posers
original watercolor sunflowers: 15" x22"
Cavorting Com-posers
original watercolor sunflowers: 15"x22"

Cavorting Com-posers
original watercolor sunflowers: 11" x 15"

The Summer Time Strut
My sunflower girls 
are struttin’ their stuff
YAYY, summer is here
and rain, THAT’S enough!
we’ve fine’ly got heat
I love it, do you?
it took LONG in comin’
but what can ya do...
now Sophie and I
will work en plein air
we’ll paint while they pose
with plenty of flair!
BB'13
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Saturday, July 6, 2013

The Farmer's Daughter Watercolors by Bertie Brown


The Farmer's Daughter
original watercolor landscape w/figure: 8" x 11"

 oh my Sophie says...
I really love it when
BB takes me en plein air
there are vistas everywhere
lots to paint
a new landscape
and someday I think I’ll try
to sit still and paint the sky
or a bluebird on the wing
but for now I’ll play and swing
and let BB do her thing......
BB
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Cavorting Com-posers Watercolors by Bertie Brown


Cavorting Com-posers
original watercolor sunflowers: 8" x 11"

Simple Girls
my sunflower girls
are simple and yet
the beauty they share
is simply the best
their petals, like bonnets,
are sun drenched and golden
it’s like someone spread 
sweet butter upon ‘em
they don’t like to squint
so they wear dark shades
but sunblock is not
their choice, they admit
they follow the sun
 from morning till night
then rest in their beds
until the day light
that’s how it’s been done
it’s simply their way
for all of their kin
and all of their days
BB'13

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