Playthings Musical Instrument Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Playthings

original watercolor with muiscal instruments, horn/trumpet, paints, brushes: 18" x 22"

Practice makes better

But perfect?

Not ever...

Especially if painting

Is what you can do

You’ll prob’ly improve

But that’s questionable, too

My advice to you

Buy a Bertie Brown or two!

BB

click: BertiEmail for info

All That Jazz Watercolors by Bertie Brown

All That Jazz

original watercolor instruments, piano/trumpet/trombone, drums: 17" x 17"

There’s rhythm in Blues

drums, keyboard and brass

they’re hoping that, too

there’s payment in cash

they pass around notes

like we did in school

but these notes are ‘cool’

they don't follow rules!

BB'20

click: bertiEmail for info

Christmas Brass Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Christmas Brass

original watercolor musical motif w/trombone, trumpet, horn: 10" x 14"

Sophie Says

what ho

I just want to know

who’s lying in that manger bed

with a stable roof o’er His head

and why are there reindeer 

flying in the night sky

with a guy in a sleigh 

following close behind

And

there’s a tree in our house

with packages strewn about

that I’m not s’posed to touch

and there seems to be such

a decorating fuss

it’s confusing, you know

for a little kid so

I’ll just ask BB

I’m hoping that she

can explain it to me!

BB

click: BertiEmail for info

Horns of Note Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Horns of Note

original watercolor musical iinstrument painting: 17" x 23"

don’t want knickknacks

don’t want toys

don’t need rich snacks

to enjoy

just stop by

and we’ll spend time

drinking tea

or glass of wine

catching up 

on days gone by

which look better 

from behind!

but

if you MUST

buy me some stuff

then i insist

a DickBlick gift

card will do the trick!

BB’17

click: BertiEmail for info

All That Jazz Watercolors by Bertie Brown

All That Jazz

originalmusical motif watercolor w/drums, trombone, trumpet, piano, sax: 8" x 10"

 Drummer’s Dilemma

There’s drums a-plenty

For the drumming fanatic

From the triplet set’s least

To the bass drum, that beast

The choices never cease

With notes so sporadic

And sometimes exotic

It can be hypnotic

But always drum-atic! 

BB

click: BertiEmail for info 

Music'l Mash Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Music'l Mash

original watercolor with trumpet, cone, flugelhorn: 11" x 12 1/2"

brass blast

would a trumpet 

be a strumpet

if she played a loose lipped jig

while her brother

played another

more pretentious tight hipped gig

would a trumpet

eat a crumpet 

while she played a high brow dig

could a strumpet 

be a pundit

if she shed her platinum wig?

would a trumpet

be a strumpet 

if she wore one high heeled shoe

could a crumpet

 clog a trumpet 

if it got stuck in her tube?

BB

click: BertiEmail for info

Classy Brass Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Classy Brass

original watercolor musical still life w/horn, trumpet, trombone: 11" x 14"

absolutely resolute

i’m absolutely certain

some truth is indisputable

and strictly put imputable

so don’t go all refutable

i don’t want your rebuttable 

that verbal hyper babbable

you’re so above reproachable

and also un-correctable

see that’s just irresponsible

and truly indefensible

we all could be sympatico

if y’all weren’t so emphatico

BB

click: BertiEmail for info

Classy Brass Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Classy Brass

original watercolor still life w/horn, trumpet: 18" x 22"

Bobbie Corno

an alias don’cha know

doesn’t tiptoe around

like others he’s found

but plays out right proud

and oft’ times quite loud

‘cause really, why doubt

and fumble about

with 16 feet of tubing

and a bell worthy of spewing

forth plenty of sound

more beauteous, unbound

than others, hands down!

BB 

for info click: BertiEmail 

Dynamic Duo Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Dynamic Duo

original watercolor musical motif w/horn, trumpet: 18" x 22"

Chicken Tricks

you cannot be chicken

if you play french horn

unless you are thinkin’

you’d like a good lickin’

when that horn does balk

sounding out a loud squawk

and Beethoven rolls over

as you shrug your shoulder

BB

click: BertiEmail for info

The Soloist Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Soloist

original watercolor w/trumpet player: 9" x 12"

the trumpet's such a brassy fellow

when played he sings notes high, not mellow

when muted 

 a new sound's instituted

and when there’s nothing left to play

he simply packs himself away

BB

for info click: BertiEmail

Playmates Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Playmates

original watercolor trumpet player: 8" x 10"

brass blast

would a trumpet 

be a strumpet

if she played a loose lipped jig

while her brother

played another

more pretentious tight hipped gig

would a trumpet

eat a crumpet 

while she played a high brow dig

could a strumpet 

be a pundit

if she shed her platinum wig?

would a trumpet

be a strumpet 

if she wore one high heeled shoe

could a crumpet

 clog a trumpet 

if it got stuck in her tube?

BB

click: BertiEmail for info

The Music of the Spheres Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Music of the Spheres

original watercolor still life w/cornt, mellophone: 13" x 20"

there’s more to see

from Studio B

‘cause there’s never enuff

paintings of stuff

specific-ally

a a mellophone-et

and tarnished cornet 

I hope they’re in vogue

for upscale art shows!

BB'16

click: BertiEmail for info

Instrumental Junque Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Instrumental Junque

original watercolor still life w/horn/cornet:  12" x 18"

Reveille Reverie

morning runs unfold

the music in my soul

as meandering stream melodies

join humming meadow harmonies

my footsteps add the rhythm

and my heart sings along with’m..

BB

click: BertiEmail for info

Musical Props Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Musical Props

original ink and marker w/horn, trumpet, tuba, trombone: 6" x 8"

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 dig

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?

BB

click: BertiEmail for info

Coronation Station Musical Still Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Coronation Station

original musical motif still life w/trumpet, violin, piano: 11" x 14"

would a trumpet 

be a strumpet

if she played a loose lipped jig

while her brother

played another

more pretentious tight hipped gig

would a trumpet

eat a crumpet 

while she played a high brow dig

could a strumpet 

be a pundit

if she shed her platinum wig?

would a trumpet

be a strumpet 

if she wore one high heeled shoe

could a crumpet

 clog a trumpet 

if it got stuck in her tube?

BB

click: BertiEmail for info

Trumped by the Sax Still Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Trumped by the Sax

original watercolor still life w/trumpet, sax:21" x 14"

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!

BB

click: BertiEmail for info

Trumped by Sax Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Trumped by Sax

original watercolor still life w/trumpet/sax: 11" x 14"

this winter’s so long

it’s long in the tooth

let’s give it a shove

let’s give it the boot!

my heating bill’s HUGE

yet my house is cold

I’m grumpy like Scrooge

with a frozen billfold…

there’s snow on my roof

and ice in my veins

my fingers, I’ve proof

are going insane!

they’re sending their prints

to sunnier climes

I think I’ll insist

I join them in this

we’ll drive ‘till we find

a welcoming spot

long on sunshine

with no winter bite!

BB'15

click: BertiEmail for info

Evensong Musical Motif Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Evensong

original watercolor musical motif w/horn, trumpet: 18" x 22"

back in the day

I remember we played

with marbles and jacks

and baseballs and bats

but sometimes I recall

though I tried hard to stall 

I had to apply

my  lip 

to the tip

of my tarnished old horn

and try not to sound

too bad or forlorn

much later I found

practice, patience plus time

would greatly improve

my horn teacher’s mood!

BB

click: BertiEmail for info

Duet at Rest Musical Motif Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Duet at Rest

original watercolor still life w/horn, trumpet: 23" x 19"

back in school

we learned the rule

that there were cliques

a specialty list

of kids way cool

though we weren’t fools

our own gene pools

just did not rule

we weren’t as blessed

our confidence less

we weren’t sure why 

and could not guess

but since I've grown

I have been known

to play horn well

for quite a spell

now as I paint

I simply state

this art I make

is instrumentally

a quirk of fate

BB'14

click: BertiEmail for info

Inter-Resting Musical Motif Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Inter-Resting

original watercolor still life w/horn, trumpet: 11" x 15"

we’ve got the blues,

Sophie, me too

it’s way too cold

but what can we do

I think we’ll paint

a still life today

until those blues

they just go away.....

BB'14

click: BertiEmail for info