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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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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

The Ox & Lamb.... Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Ox & Lamb...
original watercolor landscape w/ox, sheep{ 10{ x 14"

I forget
do gnus
rhyme with canoes
or mile high heeled shoes
and what is the need
if you could, tell me please
of ea lamb with a b
for it’s silent, do you see
is it oh so much better
to own one more letter
than a lam, factual-ly

or the Nu with no G
BB
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Monday, July 30, 2018

Landis Valley Farms Critter Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Landis Valley Farms Critter
original watercolor at Landis Valley Farm & Museum: 10" x 14"

It’s a picnic kind of day
Sublime in so many ways
With jam and buttercups spread
A-top my Wonder bread
A critter and me
In a pasture of green
Enjoying the view
And the company, too!
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Friday, July 27, 2018

Lititz Art Show, July 28 from 9 to 5 Bertie Brown Booth A 16

         Lititz Outdoor Art Show
     Lititz Springs Park
July 28, 9am-5pm

Bertie Brown
Booth A-16

                                                                  See All Y'all There!

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Landis Valley Critter Crew Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Landis Valley Critter Crew
original watercolor en plein air sheep critter: 10" x 14"

Plein Air Posers
Sophie and I 
Are painting plein air 
Under bright sunny skies
On a day so fair
Our ssubjects preen
And we spray sunscreen
Then get right to work
Give the paper a squirt
With water, that’s technic
‘Cause happy accidents are what we seek!
Bleeding colors, water marks
Lights contrasting with darkest darks...
Working quickly, we’re in a hurry
(We try not to worry
Will this be a keeper
Or one we will bury?)
Well, Sophie girl
What do you think
She nodded and smiled

And gave me a wink!  
BB
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

The SmokeShack Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The SmokeShack
original watercolor en plein air smokehouse at Landis Valley Museum: 10" x 14"

Curiosity
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

come quickly undone....
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Friday, July 20, 2018

Grazin' Daze Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Grazin' Daze
original watercolor en plein air: 10" x 14"

A Mid-Summer's Romance
Take a moment, 
Just relax
Look forward, think back...
Jasmine and Honeysuckle
Scents of seduction
Flirty Fireflies wink
Quick bursts of combustion
Warm summer nights
A cashmere caress
Sun-draped daylight
Crisp linen, sparkling white
Ahh, summer's sun-dance
Care to join me, per-chance?

BB
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Monday, July 16, 2018

Too Hot to Trot Watercolors by Bertie Brown

 To Grandmother's House
original: 10" x 14"
Too Hot to Trot
original watercolor animal pic: 10" x 14" 

what HO
too bad i now know 
what living inside
a work zone implies 
‘cause circumsizin’
a basement flood zone
has taken it’s toll
 on ALL my household
the jackhammer’s jumpin’
that reverb is somethin’
there’s dust dancin’ round
the clean spots it’s found
my once tidy home
is mocking at me
my Mrs Clean throne
has picked up and gone
i’ve gotta stop frettin’
and throw in the towel
the dust, it will settle
soon, but not now
then final-ly
my job is i see
to clean until fall

2019
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Saturday, July 14, 2018

The Shack in the Back Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Shack in the Back
original en plein air landscape: 10" x 14"

Cold Front
The windows I’m closin’
my sunflowers need  hosin’
it’s blisterin hot
not one cold spot
‘cept here by the door
of the freezer in the store
where I pretend to stock up
on creamsicle pops
but truth to be told
it’s just good to feel cold!

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Saturday, July 7, 2018

The RedHead Com-Poser Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The RedHead Com-Poser
original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"

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 3, 2018

En Plein Air QwikPix Watercolors by Bertie Brown

 Angry Birds
Tractor Shax
En Plein Air QwikPix
original watercolor chickens/farmscape: 8" x10" / 10" x 14"

are Lightning Bugs 
buggers
that blink in the night
just summer time pluggers
getting on with their lives
or do they endeavor
to be so much better
when call-ed fire-flies
alighting June nights
it’s really semantics
but much more romantic
and downright dra-mantic
to portray all their frantic
light sparking antics
when their claim to fame
- a butt with a flame -

is enhanced by a name
BB
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Sunday, July 1, 2018

Bert's Bees Watercolors by Bertie Brown


Bert's Bees
original watercolor w/bees, flowers: 6" x 8" 

Summer Meadows
smocked, sun dresses
in pinks and reds
petticoat pastures
stitched in yellow-green threads
the sky a canopy
of bustling bee harmonies
and chirpy bird melodies 

as streams clap rhythmic’ly....
BB'18
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