Welcome

Welcome to my blog where you can view a sampling of my watercolor paintings and discover why for me, Art Is Instrumental. These, as well as many more in my studio, are for sale and looking for good homes!


The materials available through this Web site and other Web sites owned or provided by Bertie Brown are the property of Bertie Brown, and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. If you wish to use any text or imagery from Bertie Brown Web sites, please obtain written permission by contacting Bertie Brown directly. Inline linking and content framing is also prohibited.


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


Click to email Bertie Brown




Sunday, March 29, 2020

Posin' Pudge Pet Portrait Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Posin' Pudge
original watercolor pet portrait: 8" x 10"

we LOVE our pets
present and past
if we’ve got some faults
they never suspect
so here’s to the joy-
ous acceptance they bring
as they always insist

they shower us with licks!
BB'20

Thursday, March 26, 2020

UkerMike Watercolors by Bertie Brown

UkerMike
original watercolor portrait: 9" x 12"

we’ve got the blues,
Sophie, me too
it’s still too cold
but what can we do
I think we’ll just paint
a portrait today
until those blues

they just go away.....
BB'20

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Chill*axin' Pets in Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Chill*axin'
original watercolor squirrel: 9" x 12"

we’ve got the blues,
Sophie, me too
it’s still way too cold
but what can we do
I think we will paint
a squick pic today
until those blues

they just go away.....
BB'20

Friday, March 20, 2020

The Grover Dude Pet Portraits by Bertie Brown

The Grover Dude
original watercolor pet portrait: 9" x 12"

Alliance Compliance
O Molly Marie
you silly cat
you really think that
a curly black dog
could take your place
with his cute happy face
oh, he doesn’t bite
nor put up a fight
but is amiable, quite
the opposite of you
when you don’t approve
of the things that I do
so do not be jealous
as you can see
it’s merely a painting 
of  Grover Curly
...artwork compliances 

not broken alliances...
BB'20

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Nestin' Besties Hawk Watercolor by Bertie Brown

Nestin' Besties
original watercolor hawk mates: 8" x 10"

so the hawk wife said
to her husband she had wed
why can’t we simply try

to lay our views aside
let’s get along today
‘cause that’s the better way
to live in peace and harmony
will benefit our karma, see
BB'20

Saturday, March 14, 2020

UUCon Watercolors by Bertie Brown

UUCon
original watercolor ukulele soiree: 9" x 12"

there once was a girl named BB
who decided a ukulele
would be just the thing
to hasten on spring
now she’s strummin’ with Uke Uprising
yes it’s true that this girl named BB
once played horn in her town’s symphony 
when she lost her good buzz
she took up uke cuzz
ukers don’t fret, they sing and they strum!
so come to the Ukulele
Uprising and surely you’ll see
that strumming the uke
with this friendly group
is great fun on Tuesday eve’nings

BB

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Rhythm 'n Blues Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Rhythm 'n Blues
original watercolor still life w/lemon/apples: 12" x 15"

an item of hers
a few of my own
some are just borrowed
I’ve got them on loan
those years, 92!
amazingly quick
filled every last nook
and cranny I think
and now as I sort
through the stuff she held dear
will I at long last
go joyfully, not fear?
it’s one out of one
that’s how it’s been done
since time has begun

it can’t be outrun
BB

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Beethoven or Bust Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Beethoven or Bust
original musical still life w/horn, Beethoven bust: 18" x 22"

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!
BB

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Beach Front Property Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Beach Front Property
original watercolor seascape: 10" x 14" 

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 wit,
we’re gonna wise up

and use sunscreen, just a bit...
BB

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Fruit o' the Bloom Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Fruit o' the Bloom
original watercolor still life w/sunflowers, fruit: 9" x 12"

Weather Blues
oh, how i long 
for June or July
and summer sunshine
filling the sky
this season is cold 
it’s gettin' so old
with rain fairly seepin'
through all, i'm just weepin'
i’m still sportin' wristies
and sweaters indoors
i tell you i’m beggin’
for June at the shore
each year winter's gettin’
too hard to endure
while summer sits back

and just takes a nap 
BB'20

Sunday, March 1, 2020

Cardi-B Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Cardi-B
original watercolor cardinal: 9" x 12"

we’ve got the blues
that’s certainly true
but we’ve also got
‘magination, a lot!
so natur-ally
this bird, Cardi-B
came out just to pose

and those blues had to  go!
BB'20