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

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Bertie Brown

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Mt Gretna Art Show

Sat/ Sun, Aug. 17/18

9-5

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See Y'all there!

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

                                                                Com-posers

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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Quints' Jam Musical Motif Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Quint's Jam

original musical motif watercolor w/woodwind quintet: 15" x 18"

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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Curiosity Portraits in Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Curiosity

original portraits in various sizes

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

are here and then gone.......

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Carousing Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Carousing Com-posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 22" x18"

at the far end of summer

I woke up to see

my sunflower soiree

in tatters and seeds

the birdies and bees

and butterfly-ees

so curiously

were packing to flee

seems nectar so sweet

that thirst quenching treat

was gone completely

said their twitters and tweets

so I’m left behind

with nothing but time

that’s filled to the brim

with memories of them....

at the far end of summer

I so want to be

at the beginning of spring 

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Cavalier Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Cavalier Com-posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 15" x 22"

Cavalier about Cheer

my sunflower girls 

have got to admit

they long for a world

where they could just sit

a minute or two

and rest up a bit

they’ve got but one shoe

though it’s a great fit

their long leggy-ness

can cause some back strain

and slight dizzy-ness

or 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!

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Cavorting Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Cavorting Com-posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"

Cavorting Com-posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"

oh my girls

with their curls

gossip all the day long

giggles here

sniggles there

oh the secrets they share

she’s a lush

then they blush

oh it’s all so unjust

when it comes 

to their chum

they say she’s come undone

so I must 

paint and just

let them gab without fuss

it’s in jest

I just bet

though I’ve got no proof yet...

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Cavorting Com-posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Cavorting Com-posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 15" x 22"

my sunflowers are done

their petals are gone

though the finches, I see

are still havin’ fun

they no longer cling

to those sunflower rims

to split and to spit

the shells that they’ve bit

they just take their seats

at the table..a feast!

it’s the best buffet yet

for those finches, I bet

‘tis a glorious thing

as I hear them all sing

but for me, I just fret

‘cause autumn comes next...

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