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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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Saturday, August 31, 2013

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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Friday, August 30, 2013

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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Sunday, August 25, 2013

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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Friday, August 23, 2013

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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Friday, August 16, 2013

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!

Thursday, August 15, 2013

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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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

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
BB'13
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

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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Sunday, August 11, 2013

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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Thursday, August 8, 2013

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 
2013
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Monday, August 5, 2013

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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Saturday, August 3, 2013

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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Friday, August 2, 2013

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...
BB'13
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