tail end of easter day

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If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death.
Perhaps the earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.
Now I'll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.
- Pablo Neruda

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Summer Moonrise, Chama River Oil on Linen 11” x 14”

Let's say this little painting is finished.

#oilpainting #nocturne #newmexico #chamariver #moonrise #night #landscapepainting #contemporaryrealism #artistinportugal #jonathankeeton

TBT This was 9 years ago up in the Sangre de Christo Mountains above Santa Fe during a snowstorm. It was pretty wonderful up there.

#tbt #newmexico #santafe #snow #april #sangredechristomountains #spring #adamsmeadow #artistinportugal #jonathankeeton

Looking over at the Alfama from the Miradouro das Portas do Sol in Lisbon

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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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End of day walk.

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

Slowly getting closer on this one. The yellow streetlights make it hard to see what is going on; the buildings are actually pink and blue and orange and white, but the yellow light erases all of that almost. Good to go back and see it in both daylight and at night.

#nocturne #lisbon #lisboa #alfama #contemporaryrealism #wip #portugal #night #nightscape #oilpainting #artistinportugal #jonathankeeton

Lisbon not Verona.

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I went into Lisbon last night with my photographer friend Greg (@greggawlowski) and spent some time on the Rua das Escolas Gerais, which I am in the midst of making a painting of. Here's an image from then.

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