Jonathan L Keeton

TBT A dusk walk and moonrise near our house in Santa Fe 6 years ago. A little otherwordly, kind of like a Douanier Rousseau painting.

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end of day walk

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TBT 9 years ago on the Conundrum Trail in the Rocky Mountains above Aspen. I camped for the night by the hot springs about 8 miles up the trail, just at tree line in this image. My camera and I were soaked all the way down.

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flying over Lisbon on the way home from London

#lisbon #lisboa #night #nocturnalaviation #cominghome #windowseat #portugal #artistinportugal #jonathankeeton

WIP Aspens in Fog Oil on Linen 24" x 36"

Back in the studio and working more on this one. I find that I have to leave it from time to time in order to see what I need to do next. Ways to go still.

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Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors 
which it passes to a row of ancient trees. You look, 
and soon these two worlds both leave you, 
one part climbs toward heaven, one sinks to earth,
leaving you your own life, 
timid and standing high and growing, so that, sometimes blocked in, 
sometimes reaching out, one moment your life is a stone in you, and the next, a star. 
- Rilke

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The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.

• Howard Zinn

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Palace at Whitehall in the distance from the lake in St. James Park

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St. Paul's Cathedral. London is a bit like Rome in places, where there are these awe inspiring buildings and monuments surrounded by the modern city.

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A quiet walk this morning in the woods. today is the 25th of April, the holiday which celebrates the Carnation Revolution, when Portugal peacefully threw off 41 years of dictatorship. Hoping that the US will find similar courage and common ground.

#portugal #sunrise #countryside #spring #landscapephotography #nature #25dabril #artistinportugal #jonathankeeton

early this morning on the Thames

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Our neighbor Adolfo and his family keep these lovely white goats, and they make the best cheese on the planet at Granja dos Moinhos. We had some extra organic greens for them today.

#portugal #sunset #countryside #cabras #goats #queijodecabras #maçussa #granjadosmoinhos #spring #artistinportugal #jonathankeeton

WIP Nocturne, Rua das Escolas Gerais, Lisbon Oil On Linen 18" x 24"

I find I'm having to work on this one in little bits with lots of time in between. The different colored streetlights make it tricky, and getting the feeling right is demanding and pretty subtle as it turns out.

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St. Martin in the Fields

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a morning wander

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You have not grown old, and it is not too late
to dive into your increasing depths
where life calmly gives out its own secret.
- Rilke

Noch bist du nicht kalt, und es ist nicht zu spät,
in deine werdenden Tiefen zu tauchen,
wo sich das Leben ruhig verrät.
- Rilke

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kind of a dreamy morning this morning

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