The Ox & Lamb.... Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Ox & Lamb...

original watercolor landscape w/ox, sheep{ 10{ x 14"

I forget

do gnus

rhyme with canoes

or mile high heeled shoes

and what is the need

if you could, tell me please

of ea lamb with a b

for it’s silent, do you see

is it oh so much better

to own one more letter

than a lam, factual-ly

or the Nu with no G

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Landis Valley Farms Critter Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Landis Valley Farms Critter

original watercolor at Landis Valley Farm & Museum: 10" x 14"

It’s a picnic kind of day

Sublime in so many ways

With jam and buttercups spread

A-top my Wonder bread

A critter and me

In a pasture of green

Enjoying the view

And the company, too!

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Lititz Art Show, July 28 from 9 to 5 Bertie Brown Booth A 16

         Lititz Outdoor Art Show

     Lititz Springs Park

July 28, 9am-5pm

Bertie Brown

Booth A-16

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Landis Valley Critter Crew Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Landis Valley Critter Crew

original watercolor en plein air sheep critter: 10" x 14"

Plein Air Posers

Sophie and I 

Are painting plein air 

Under bright sunny skies

On a day so fair

Our ssubjects preen

And we spray sunscreen

Then get right to work

Give the paper a squirt

With water, that’s technic

‘Cause happy accidents are what we seek!

Bleeding colors, water marks

Lights contrasting with darkest darks...

Working quickly, we’re in a hurry

(We try not to worry

Will this be a keeper

Or one we will bury?)

Well, Sophie girl

What do you think

She nodded and smiled

And gave me a wink!  

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The SmokeShack Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The SmokeShack

original watercolor en plein air smokehouse at Landis Valley Museum: 10" x 14"

Curiosity

curiouser and curiouser

it seems to me

this summer’s the bomb

at flirting, you see

‘cause just when you feel

a cool  weightless breeze

a sun so friendly

you’re relaxin’ indeed

a thick hulking cloud 

of hu-MID-ity

descends with a shout

and spreads itself out

oh yes there’s the rub

to summer time fun

those idyllic days

come quickly undone....

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Grazin' Daze Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Grazin' Daze

original watercolor en plein air: 10" x 14"

A Mid-Summer's Romance

Take a moment, 

Just relax

Look forward, think back...

Jasmine and Honeysuckle

Scents of seduction

Flirty Fireflies wink

Quick bursts of combustion

Warm summer nights

A cashmere caress

Sun-draped daylight

Crisp linen, sparkling white

Ahh, summer's sun-dance

Care to join me, per-chance?

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Too Hot to Trot Watercolors by Bertie Brown

 To Grandmother's House

original: 10" x 14"

Too Hot to Trot

original watercolor animal pic: 10" x 14" 

what HO

too bad i now know 

what living inside

a work zone implies 

‘cause circumsizin’

a basement flood zone

has taken it’s toll

 on ALL my household

the jackhammer’s jumpin’

that reverb is somethin’

there’s dust dancin’ round

the clean spots it’s found

my once tidy home

is mocking at me

my Mrs Clean throne

has picked up and gone

i’ve gotta stop frettin’

and throw in the towel

the dust, it will settle

soon, but not now

then final-ly

my job is i see

to clean until fall

2019

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The Shack in the Back Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Shack in the Back

original en plein air landscape: 10" x 14"

Cold Front

The windows I’m closin’

my sunflowers need  hosin’

it’s blisterin hot

not one cold spot

‘cept here by the door

of the freezer in the store

where I pretend to stock up

on creamsicle pops

but truth to be told

it’s just good to feel cold!

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The RedHead Com-Poser Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The RedHead Com-Poser

original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"

Summer Bliss

My windows are open

Cool breezes are flowin’

My curtains are flirtin'

With the sill and the sash 

This is the way

A fine summer day

Ought always to be 

For two months or three....

Suites me perfectly

I bet you’d agree!

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En Plein Air QwikPix Watercolors by Bertie Brown

 Angry Birds

Tractor Shax

En Plein Air QwikPix

original watercolor chickens/farmscape: 8" x10" / 10" x 14"

are Lightning Bugs 

buggers

that blink in the night

just summer time pluggers

getting on with their lives

or do they endeavor

to be so much better

when call-ed fire-flies

alighting June nights

it’s really semantics

but much more romantic

and downright dra-mantic

to portray all their frantic

light sparking antics

when their claim to fame

- a butt with a flame -

is enhanced by a name

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Bert's Bees Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Bert's Bees

original watercolor w/bees, flowers: 6" x 8" 

Summer Meadows

smocked, sun dresses

in pinks and reds

petticoat pastures

stitched in yellow-green threads

the sky a canopy

of bustling bee harmonies

and chirpy bird melodies 

as streams clap rhythmic’ly....

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