SurferDude
original watercolor surfer: 8" x 9"
A quick study draw
With some splashes of paint
Complete what I call
“A surferdude ridin'
that wildblue horizon
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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
SurferDude
original watercolor surfer: 8" x 9"
A quick study draw
With some splashes of paint
Complete what I call
“A surferdude ridin'
that wildblue horizon
BB'25

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!
BB
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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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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!
BB
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......
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Toast!
cheers to beginnings
for 2000-twenty some
i do hope my paintings
are touched with some fun
so here’s to good starts
whatever they be
as wet paper + paint
spread out before me
may each have a touch
of magic i trust
as i draw and paint
with pencil and brush!
BB
Practice makes better
But perfect?
Not ever...
Especially if horn playing
Is what you can do
You’ll prob’ly improve
But that’s questionable, too
My advice to you
Buy a French Horn Kazoo!
BB
Gossip Girls
The sunflower girls are gettin’ together for lunch
And gossip and news at the “Cafe Munch Bunch”.
The menu for today's Sunflower Brunch:
Bumble Bee Burgers and Golden Finch Fries
For dessert: Butterfly Splits and Dragonfly Pies....
So do not tarry, don't be late
For this fine midday tete-a-tete!
BB
Harmo-nious Perso-nious
went out for a run
this very fine day
had lots to be done
stuff that gets in the way
of some fun in the sun
but nature’s libretto
called out ceremo-nious
in pleasing vibrato
a sound tremolo-nious
twas something I sought to
experience in perso-nious
and when I got done
on this very fine day
from my run in the sun
I was all tuned up and completely harmo-nious
BB
and this is the question
can I toss intention
and renounce all strife
at this stage of life?
could I, if you please,
watch daytime TV
munch croissants with cheese
sip Long Isle Iced Teas
would I, do you see,
be happy with ease??
BB