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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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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Home Sweet Home Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Home Sweet Home
original landscape watercolor: 6" x 9"
another small work
with minimal quirks
and colors that sing
hey... that’s no small thing!
these petite suites today
have plenty to say
if you like what you see

you can buy two or three!
BB'14
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Cafe au Lait Still Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Cafe au Lait
original still life watercolor in sepia w/violin: 9" x 12"
it’s relative-ly
a new work, you see 
with something that’s old
carnival glass, I'm told
and some that are new
a violin askew
borrowed from yet
a past series set
hmmm...
it’s deja vu
for the pears in there, too
BB'14
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Monday, September 22, 2014

Com-Posers Collection Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers Collection
original watercolor still life w/sunflowers: 11" x 14"

A Pleasin’ Reason for the Girls in Season
You’re probably bored
After all you’ve endured
These paintings of girls
And their golden curls
They do love to preen
In their gold and green
They freely admit
They’re a bit narcissist
So I stay the course
With no due remorse
Posting these pix
‘Cause they still insist
They must know the drill
The need they fulfill  
Their beauty will fade
As cool winds invade
So as the fall season
Begins that’s the reason
I post and I hope
 The paintings are pleasin’
BB’14
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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Cool Dudes Com-Posers Sunflwer Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Cool Dudes Com-Posers
original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"

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!
BB'14

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Friday, September 19, 2014

The Little Red Table Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Little Red Table
original watercolor still life w/table, sunflowers: 8" x 11"
Home Sweet Home
original lanscape watercolor

Sophie and I know
that sometimes it’s best
to simply allow
a painting to rest
it may not be done
though there are intense
and beautiful hues
that seem to make sense...
so we must ensure
the painting’s success
each work must secure
it’s soulful-ishness
BB'14
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Monday, September 15, 2014

Blue Mood Musical Motif Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Blue Mood
original watercolor still life w/violin: 11" x 14"

now Sophie and I
 are listening to
jazz and the blues
on Sophie’s i-tunes
it’s time that we stray
from classical ways
Mozart and Bach
are great but we’ve got
to broaden our view
with music that’s new
and violins can

 play blues with the band!
Bb'14
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Sunday, September 14, 2014

Salient Sunflowers Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Salient Sunflowers
original watercolor still life w/sunflowers: 11" x 15

my sunflower deli
has at long last closed
the frailty of my girls
is sadly exposed 
gone are the bonnets
framing their faces
like Emily’s sonnets
they’ve fallen from grace
their once dripping nectar
has all been drawn
their glorious beauty
vanished, gone
the busy bumble bees
have packed their suitcases
backpacking butterflies
have flown to new places
has anyone noticed
those feisty goldfinches
have suddenly fled
good riddance, you grinches!
so farewell, Golden Girls
of this i am certain
it’s that time of year
to draw summer’s curtain....

BB’14
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Friday, September 12, 2014

Rhythm 'n Blues Still Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Rhythm 'n Blues
original watercolor still life w/bottles, bowl, shells: 11" x 14"

it’s relative-ly
a new work, you see 
with something that’s old
a shape big and bold
and some that are new
with int’resting hues
borrowed from yet
a past series set
hmmm...
it’s deja vu
for those rhythm 'n blues!
BB'14
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Sunday, September 7, 2014

Rhythm 'n Blues Musical Motif Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Rhythm 'n Blues
original musical motif watercolor w/horn, trumpet: 11" x 14"

brass blast
would a trumpet 
be a strumpet
if he played a loose lipped jig
while his brother
played another
more pretentious tight hipped gig
would a trumpet
eat a crumpet 
while he played a high brow gig
could a strumpet 
be a pundit
if she shed her platinum wig?
would a trumpet
and a strumpet 
wear a 5 inch high heeled shoe
could a crumpet
 clog a trumpet 
if it got stuck in his tube?

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Saturday, September 6, 2014

Trio Trouble Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Trio Trouble
original watercolor w/trumpet, horn, trombone: 8" x 10" 
 Com-Posers
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 10"
Sophie's Circus Dog
original crayon drawing by Sophie

Sophie says
BB what’cha doin’?
BB says
lookin’ all around
and this is what I’ve found
the fact is this
I’ve made a list
of those I love
you’re tops on it!
you’re cute and smart
with lots of heart
you’re surely set
for much success
and though I know
braggadocio
is not allowed
I’ll not be cowed
I post your pix
on FaceBook now
I’d make netflix
if I knew how
the po’ms I write
are not contrite
inspired by you
they’re posted, too
I’ve lots to say
about the ways
PopPop and I
are mesmerized
you’ve surely grown
and filled our home
with happy-ness

you are the best
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

In the Key Of Sea Still Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

In the Key of Sea
original watercolor still life in indigo: 12" x 12"

oh to be
by the sea
on a day such as this
would it be 
could it be
just the ultimate bliss....
treasures free
there’s no fee
in the ocean abyss
and these finds
so sublime

become still lifes of mine
BB'14
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