TBT Aspen Forest in Rain Oil On Panel 36" x 48"
This is from a hike I took ten years ago up on Hamilton Mesa outside of Santa Fe in the Pecos Wilderness. I got caught in a heavy rainstorm and waited under a tree for quite a while before I was able to leave.

#landscapepainting #tbt #aspens #hamiltonmesa #rain #rainstorm #pecoswilderness #newmexico #monsoonseason #artistinportugal #jonathankeeton

TBT The trail to Hamilton Mesa in the Carson National Forest in New Mexico eight years ago. Really wide open country. I spent the night and froze! And the coyotes that sound so picturesque in Santa Fe felt pretty different out here late at night.

#tbt #newmexico #carsonnationalforest #nature #hamiltonmesa #spring #may #landscapephotography #landscape #artistinportugal #jonathankeeton

'There's a voice calls above the howling wind
It says come rest beside my little fire
We'll ride out the storm that's coming in'
- Patty Griffin

This is kind of how I feel about my birth country right now. Not a shining city on a hill, but little fires of awake people surrounded by wilderness, with coyote howls around.

#TBT #night #hamiltonmesa #newmexico #forest #aspenforest #campfire #nocturne #outdoors #artistinportugal #jonathankeeton