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...

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On The Rocks Watercolors by Bertie Brown

On The Rocks

original watercolor seascape/Rockport, MA: 8" x 10"

Rockport Fever

Sophie and I 

Are planning a trip

To Gloucester and Rockport 

And, yes, Bearskin Neck

We’ll gaze at the ocean

Climb over the rocks

Paint Motif Number One

At the edge of the docks

We’ll dip our big toe

In the cold ocean water

Go swimming???

Are you kidding

It’s gotta get hotter

We’ll head to Pigeon Cove

Walk the breakwater above

Then buy fresh lobster

At the Co-op down below

With more things to do 

More scenes to be viewed

We’ll need much more time

Than the plan we designed

So we’re savin’ our pennies

Our nickels and dimes

(We know it’s not much

But we’re tryin’ to rhyme)

For our piece of the Rock

Or a spot on the dock

Of Rockport’s scenic town

The best place we’ve found......

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Symphony in Sea Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Symphony in Sea

original watercolor seascape: 12" x 16"

oh to be

by the sea

the sun shining on me

boist'rous sea

mysteries

in the ocean abyss

where there's no

ice and snow

oh i'd happily go

but for now

polar WOW

time to flee the snow plow

i need June

please come soon

lest i fear i am doomed!

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Rockport MA Harbor Seascape Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Rockport MA Harbor

original watercolor seascape/Rockport, MA : 9" x 12"

Buoy Joy

Buoys will be buoys

In all shapes and sizes

Just like us girls

Despite our disguises

Buoys are like boxers

Ducking and weaving

Treading ocean waters

With strong currents heaving

The stripes that they wear

Go round and around

They look quite rotund

 But they don’t much care

They do a sun dance

Giving tides not a glance

They’re anchored from below

And they won’t let go

They do their job joyously

Behaving so buoy-ishly!

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Coast Guard Seascape Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Coast Guard

original seascape watercolor Rockport, MA: 7" x 11"

On the Rocks

oh  my Sophie and me

we’d much rather be

on the rocks

by the docks

of Cape Ann by the Sea

and when a Nor’easter

those bellowing blows

nip at our keasters

our noses and toes

we’ll just hold on tight

as it wails day and night

till it blows out to sea

and safe we will be...

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Rockport Fever Seascape Watercolors by Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Rockport Fever

original watercolor seascape/Rockport, MA: 11" x 14"

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Sophie and I 

Are planning a trip

To Gloucester and Rockport 

And, yes, Bearskin Neck

We’ll gaze at the ocean

Climb over the rocks

Paint Motif Number One

At the edge of the docks

We’ll dip our big toe

In the cold ocean water

Go swimming

Are you kidding??

It’s gotta get hotter

We’ll head to Pigeon Cove

Walk the breakwater high above

Then buy fresh lobster

At the Co-op down below

With more things to do 

More scenes to be viewed

We’ll need much more time

Than the plan we designed

So we’re savin’ our pennies

Our nickels and dimes

(We know it’s not much

But we’re tryin’ to rhyme)

For our piece of the Rock

Or a spot on the dock

Of Rockport’s scenic town

The best place we've found..

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The Buoys of Bearskin Neck by Pennsylvania Daily painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

The Buoys of Bearskin Neck

original watercolor maritime landscape/Rockport: 14" x 11"

Floats, traps

Lobsterman shacks

Ropes, tacks

Fishing knick-knacks

Boots, slickers

Lobsterman knickers

There’s even a place

For trusty duct tape

And WD 40

They’ve got it, surely

All this and more

Behind windows and doors

Filling crannies and nooks

There’s prob’ly some books

Of maritime knots

In case they forgot

The instructions they got

From Pop and Grandpop

So remember this stuff

When you’re all in a huff

As you pay lots of bucks

For that Lobster you bought

At the boat dock co-op!

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Lobsterman Lairs by Bertie brown

Buoys Will be Buoys

original:7"w x 10 1/2"h

Buoy Joy

Buoys will be buoys

In all shapes and sizes

Just like us girls

Despite our disguises

Buoys are like boxers

Ducking and weaving

Treading ocean waters

With currents fairly heaving

The stripes that they wear

Go round and around

They look quite rotund

(Gasp) but they don’t really care

They do a sun dance

Giving those tides not a glance

They’re anchored from below

And they won’t let go

They do their job joyously

As they behave so buoy-ishly!

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Buoys on Bearskin Neck

original: 13 1/2'W x 10 1/2"h

Lobsterman Lairs

original: 13 1/2"w x 10 1/2"h

Symphony in Sea Major

Lobster buoys afloat

As art dotting coves and boats

Decorating New England’s coast

With quirky colors its fishermen boast

And sublime northern light

Envelopes the sights

While dancing on tides

That toss those floats

From side to side

Cormorants and gulls line up on the rocks

By the boats, or the docks

As they noisily wait

For some leftover bait

Granite boulders edge the shores

Firm foundations that endure

An applauding boisterous sea
BRAVO!

What a glorious symphony!

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My Motif # 1 by Bertie Brown

My Motif # 1

Rockport Fever

Sophie and I

Are planning a trip

To Gloucester and Rockport

And, yes, Bearskin Neck

We’ll gaze at the ocean

Climb over the rocks

Paint Motif Number One

At the edge of the docks

We’ll dip our big toe

In the cold ocean water

Go swimming???

Are you kidding

We’d need to be hotter

We’ll head to Pigeon Cove

Walk the breakwater high above

Then buy some fresh lobster

At the Co-op down below

With more things to do

More scenes to be viewed

We’ll need much more time

Than the plan we designed

So we’re savin’ our pennies

Our nickels and dimes

(We know it’s not much

But we’re tryin’ to rhyme)

For our piece of the Rock

Or a spot on the dock

O f Rockport’s scenic town

The best place we have found......

BB’10