Autumn-ness Still Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Autumn-ness

original watercolor still life w/sunflowers, vintage pitchers: 9" x 12"

Ode to an Old Friend

what ho

where did the years go

we just can’t be fixed

here at decade #6

not young nor carefree

we must learn to see

determin-edly

through love-filtered lens

ourselves as OLD friends!

we’ve been through a lot

those flashes were hot!

but give in, we’re not

we’ve got some regrets

but that stuff’s no sweat

where once we had pimples

we’re now sporting wrinkles

our firm derrieres 

have gone off elsewheres

our chests and our chins?

they’ve sunk to our shins

and do you remember

well

can you recall

anything you need to

anything at all?

but still we can laugh

at some high school gaffe

and reminisce by the hours

the good, bad, ugly

while we sit and smugly

think we’ve now arrived

over 60, we’ve survived

and we’re not the faintest

nor least bit surprised...

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A Radish a Day Still Life Watercolors by Bertie Brown

A Radish a Day

original watercolor still life w/radishes: 8" x 10"

Sophie and I 

Were shopping for clues

What could we possibly 

Paint that is new

We passed by the eggplants 

With nary a glance

We’ve done them before

Those red beets next door

Looked just a bit poor

But then Sophie spied

From the corner of her eye

Some radishes in a bunch

And she had a hunch

Their leaves were so busy

Dancing this way and that

She said we should paint them

And work really fast!

We finished the painting

Our energy waning

We needed our nap

And knew it was time

To end this short rhyme!

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String-spiration Watercolors by Bertie Brown

String-spiration

original watercolor still life w/violin, sunflowers" 15" x 17"

ambiguity

if only we woulda

(we certainly shoulda)

this time of life coulda

 been so much more gooda

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The BB Bunch Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The BB Bunch

original watercolor floral work w/sunflowers: 9" x 12"

at the end of the day

i had but one thought

what happens to all

this work that i’ve wrought

‘twas always the best

of efforts i gave

my utmost, no less

and had some success

in music, of course

i’m wondering now

did it happen at all

if so, then how??

i gratefully bow

to Mozart and Bach

i painted to them,

and Beethoven, a lot

but what happens next?

i’ve time to fill

and miles to go

energy still

until, until....

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The Brassy Bunch Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Brassy Bunch

original watercolor and ink w/horn, tuba, trumpet, trombone: 8" x 10"

Conch en Fa

There once was seashell named Conch

Who was lonely and displeased with his lot

So he puffed out his cheek

Buzzed a low mellow screech

Now he’s part of the rock group “Conch-crete”

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It Figures & Field of Dreams Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Field of Dreams

original plain air watercolor : 9" x 12" 

It Figures

original figure drawing: 11" x 14"

ambiguity

if only we woulda

(we certainly shoulda)

this time of life coulda

 been so much more gooda

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The Greeter Girl gets Winterized/ Watercolors and other stuff by Bertie Brown

what ho

Sophie and I 

just want to know

who turned off the heat

and dimmed the lights low

where are the wool socks for our feet

our sweater sets 

and turtlenecks

who said summer could retreat

we are cold and so distressed

why have days become so bleak

it’s time I guess

to hibernate until next June

and we both hope

that comes real soon!

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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?

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Back to the Drawing Board Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Back to the Drawing Board

original figure drawing: 11" x 14"

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 draw

i do recall

that art and song

to ALL belong

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