The Sunflower Saloon Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Sunflower Saloon

original watercolor sunflowers" 10" x 14"

Swill at The Sunflower Saloon

Would you all know

(If you do, say so)

What you possibly think

Could be in that drink

My Sunflower Saloon

Is serving at noon?

It seems to me

From what I see

After drinking their fill

Of sunflower swill

Are tipsy bumble bees

Drunken butterflies

And finches on trips

Of loops, dips and flips

As they valiantly try 

Somehow just to fly

A straight narrow line

To their homes and hives...

Oh I have a hunch 

It’s not Kool-Aid punch

That beckons this bunch

To come enjoy lunch!

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The Lunch Bunch Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Lunch Bunch

original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"

Eminent Domain

is eminent domain

something finches disdain

as they each stake their claim

to my sunflowers’ fame

don’t they have a clue

I have etiquette rules

they routinely eschew

behaving so RUDE

I’d tell them to flee

‘cause they’re making a scene

and a mess at my feet

spitting shells from their beaks

but they are rather cute

in their black and gold suits

and their hollers and hoots

sound like piccolo flutes!

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Instrumental Motif Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Quints' Jam

original: 15" x 17"  

Cor en Fa

original: 9" x 12" 

The Maestro's Woe

original; 10" x 14"

The French Conundrum

the french horn is happy

wherever it plays

from woodwinds and brass

to  the strings with such class

yes, the instruments agree

that it’s sound does so please.

and most of the time

the horn is quite amiable

but it can get unruly

and downright unplayable!

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Com-Poser Sunflowers Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Poser

original watercolor sunflower: 9" x 12"

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!

BB '19

Booth A 16

Lititz Art Show 

Lititz Springs Park

Saturday, July 27, 19 9-5pm

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Bouquet Daze Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Bouquet Daze

original watercolor sunflower still life: 9" x 12"

Sophie and I 

in summertime mode

are sitting beside

a sunflower abode

a garden, of course

where we plan to stay

with no great remorse

for past cooler days

‘cause we’ve got our paints

our brushes and such

our sun hats in place

and posers? a bunch!

so here’s where we’ll be

come sun or a storm

we’ll work happily

our summertime  ‘norm’!

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Com-Pear-ables Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Pear-ables

original watercolor still life w/pears, bottle: 10" x 14" 

 Promenade

Let the pears and  such

 Promenade begin

O’er Matisse inspired fabric

They all march in

Three Pears in a bowl

That’s my grandma’s, really old

The bottle behind

Dates to an earlier time

The knife in the foreground

Brings us right in

Those stripes in the background

Draw us right down

And all of these elements

Keep our eye traveling 

‘Round and around

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Gigglin' Girls Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Gigglin' Girls

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"

my sunflowers are feelin’

a bit of inertia

hold on, Sophie said

I’ll get out the hose

and point, squeeze and squirt’cha

get ready, get set

you’ll feel better yet

and have lots of pep

‘cause I’m quite adept

at getting things wet

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FootLoose Watercolors by Bertie Brown

FootLoose

original watercolor onions: 10" x 14"

Cold Front

The windows I’m closin’

my un-yuns 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 fugdesicle pops

but truth to be told

it’s just good to feel cold!

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Beachfront Property

original watercolor seascape: 12" x 15"

summer solstice

‘tis mid-summer to soon

what happened to June?

and July’s on the run

yet it’s hardly begun!

i don’t know about you

but I’m gonna assume

you’re distraught just like me

‘cause we love summer’s ease

i’m thinking we might

have to put up a fight

so when summertime ends

let’s begin it again

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Glamour Girls Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Glamour Girls

original watercolor sunflowers: 8" x 10"

in the beginning

we all loved the sun

we couldn’t get enough

we were never quite “done”

our faces were bronzed

our hair sun-streaked gold

our innocence reigned

we’d never grow old

but time has a way

a mean streak, I’d say,

of hastening the days

that youth does betray

so now that we’re old

or older, to whit,

we’re gonna wise up

and use sunscreen, if only a  bit...

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Un-yuns Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Un-yuns

original watercolor onions: 8" x 10"

beaches are fine

for sand, surf and tides

soaked in brilliant sunshine

but BB's backyard

has it's own unique kind

of charm that I find

exceptional, why?

because it's entirely

and completely all mine!

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Sunbathers Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Sunbathers

original watercolor onions: 10" x 13"

yes, things are askew

but that’s acceptable, too

‘cause when it’s called art

reality departs

and my point of view

might convince even you

that some things can be

true for both you and me

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Lucky, Pet Portrait Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Lucky

original pet portrait: 8" x 10"

Summer Blues Cruise

there’s plenty to do 

in summer it’s true

but sometimes I must

simply adjust

my take on all work

and shirk all that work

take time to relax

look forward, think back

embrace solitude

consider my ‘tude

it’s summertime blues

let's enjoy the cruise

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Sunny Delight Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Sunny Delight

original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 13"

Wild and Crazy Girls

My wild and crazy girls

Their golden manes unfurled

Are doin’ the Lindy Hop

A dance they like a lot

Over/under,  push and pull

Oh they are such dancin’ fools

The waltz is good for other girls

Who want to keep their perfect curls

But my girls do not really care

About the state of their fair hair

Nor do they ever fret

If they break out in sweat 

‘Cause my girls in the sun

Just wanna have fun!

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The RedHead Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The RedHead

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12

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 fudgesicle pops

but truth to be told

it’s just good to feel cold!

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The Belly Deli Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Belly Deli

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12

The girls are back

Dressed in gold and black

 Relaxing, sunbathing

With birds and bees waiting

For a nectar and seed tasting

it’s a bevy of bellies

In my backyard Belly Deli

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