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in WORLD OF XPILAR2 years ago


Ripley – Oil on canvas – 31 x 40 inches.

It was summer, remember?
The world belonged to big
people, parents and other
adults, all big. Except for
a gift, the morning after
a lightning storm.

Puddles glistened, crows were
silent, fishermen made their
momentary appearances in oil
paint before you made them
all disappear: their boats, the
telephone wires, the summer
cottages, everything erased
except light and trees
and water.

Every thing appeared again later
after you opened your eyes.
You were a child, remember?
You, the one who disappeared
miles and years ago?
The trees and the lake haven’t
paid the slightest attention
to your absence.

You were a wiser child then,
when you knew nothing, when
a luminescent summer
morning opened its forest
arms, as dark and deep as
a storm at night, as wild
and blue as the wings of
your imagination.

More images on my website: johnmichaelkeating.com

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Hi JM, The painting reminded me my childhood out in the little town of my aunt and uncle, we usually spend month or two, only children the parents were working and we were able to enjoy our freedom. I love summer rain and thunderstorm, because it is still warm and we loved to be under summer shower, walk bare feet through the water stream running down a street.

As always amazing how you manage to create such mirror of reflection. Beautifully done.

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 2 years ago 

Hello stef1 and thank you again for your thoughtful response. I'm glad the painting brought up some good memories for you.

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