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SoleMates
original watercolor sunflowers, boots: 10" x 14"
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!
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Boots on th' Ground
original watercolor still life w/boots, onions: 10" x 14"
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 BertieBrown or two!
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Old Yeller
original watercolor still life w/sunflowers, paints, bananas: 9" x 12"
Winter Blues
oh, how I long for June or July
with summer sunshine
and butterflies passing by
this season of cold
has taken it’s hold
with harsh winds now wailin’
seems the sun has gone sailin’
so I’m getting all set,
though it’s hard not to fret,
as blankets cover my lap
and I settle in
for a long mid-winter’s nap.....
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SunSpot
original watercolor sunflower still life: 10" x 14"
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
an art supply gift
card will do the trick!
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Anita's Palette
original watercolor still life: 2" x 14"
now the painter said
to the still life in his head
why can’t we simply try
to put the world aside
let’s concentrate today
on things we have displayed
to paint in peace and harmony
will benefit our karma, see
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Pepp Rally
original watercolor peppers: 8" x 10
Peppers here, peppers there
Peppers poppin’ everywhere
One is yellow
More are green
Most are mellow
Laid back fellows
But let’s not stop
With that mild lot
Let’s go for HOT
And that means RED
The big red bell?
Well I think not
But you can tell
Those small hot shots
Are packin’ heat
That’s tough to beat!
Posers 'n Pepperazzi #2
original watercolor sunflowers/pappers: 8" x 10"
there once was a sunflower patch
it’s beauty could never be matched
yet the finches so fair
and bees feasting there
ate till those flowers were bare
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Posers'n Pepperazzi
original watercolor sunflowers and peppers: 8" x 10"
Sophie and I know
that sometimes it’s best
to simply allow
a painting to rest
it may not be done
though there are intense
and beautiful hues
that seem to make sense
we want to be sure
we have to confess
that this work secures
it’s soulful-ishness
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Pepperazzi
original watercolor sunflowers/peppers: 10" x 14"
A Pleasin’ Reason for the Girls in Season
You’re probably bored
After all you’ve endured
These paintings of girls
And their golden curls
They do love to preen
In their gold and green
They freely admit
They’re a bit narcissist
So I stay the course
(I’ve got no remorse)
Posting these pix
‘Cause, well, they insist
They do know the drill
The need they fulfill
Their beauty will fade
As cool winds invade
So as the fall season
Begins that’s the reason
I post and I hope
These paintings are pleasin’
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PeachyPosers
original watercolor sunflowers/peaches: 10" x 14"
my sunflower deli
has at long last closed
the frailty of my girls
is sadly exposed
gone are the bonnets
framing their face
like Emily’s sonnets
they’ve fallen from grace
their once dripping nectar
has all been drawn
their glorious beauty
vanished, gone
the busy bumble bees
have packed their suitcases
backpacking butterflies
have flown to new places
has anyone noticed
those feisty goldfinches
have suddenly fled
good riddance, you grinches!
so farewell, Golden Girls
of this i am certain
it’s that time of year
to draw summer’s curtain....
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The Flowering Peach
original watercolor still life w/sunflowers and peaches: 10" x 14"
In the Blooming
my bed of sunflowers
prepping for hours
is all set to host
an end of summer toast
boasting nectar so sweet
tasty seeds, what a treat
for our faithful dine-ees
all feasting happily
dragonflies, bumble bees
butterflies, those drama queens
golden finches, reformed grinches
heady heat waves
shimmer and sway
hovering o’er
this late summer day
i wave goodbye
as they pack up, they try
to smile through their sighs
then southward they fly
the long winter’s night
is approaching too soon
will they come back next June?
I hope so, I do....
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Counter Culture
original watercolor garden veggies: 10" x 14"
Sophie and I
in summertime mode
are sitting beside
a veggie 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 veggies 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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The Winds of Spring
original watercolor still life w/woodwinds: 10" x 15"
Well
the music said “rest”
so the woodwinds obeyed
they rested their best
and quietly laid
their reeds
and their keys
right down
with no frown
then I got my stuff
my paints, pan and brush
turned on my i-tunes
and worked until dusk
now when I was done
I took just one quick
lollipop lick
then settled to munch
a black licorice whip!
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Posers
original watercolor still life w/tulips: 9" x 12"
there’s def’nitely
a space for me
in this new year
as this I see
more work to do
with more thought to
creative ways
that hit the mark
of ending well
a well thought start
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Players
original watercolor instrumental, horn/ trumpet: 17" 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!
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