Seamus Berkeley

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Creating oil paintings that invite us to practice seeing beauty in the ordinary and equanimity amidst political and climate calamity. Your purchase of art at seamusberkeley.com/activism benefits Earthjustice.org and ACLU.org

Image of a white swan creating ripples on a river that is reflecting the deep olive greens of the surrounding trees.
An image from Grateful Living of a quotation by Katherine May who writes, "Our sense of enchantment is not triggered only by grand things; the sublime is not hiding in distant landscapes. The awe-inspiring, the numinous, is all around us, all the time. It is transformed by our deliberate attention."
Image of spiny yellow leaves of a European Holly set in the midst of dark green leaves with yellow edges.
Image of naturally occurring muted greys of the muddy bottom of an estuary at low tide interspersed with flows of water.
Portrait painting commission of Tenley Albright, the first American woman in Winter Olympics history to win gold for the United States in women's figure skating for America in Cortina, Italy in 1956. Tenley Albright is skating with one arm extended above her head and the other toward the viewer while performing a skating move dressed in a bright red and white outfit on white skates, all juxtaposed against a dark warm background.
One white cherry blossom on a branch with buds set against a darker background of the another tree and blossums.
An oil painting of one large tomato and several small smaller ones arranged in an interesting composition against a light grayish background.
A half moon shining in a blue sky during the day, high above a golden yellow marsh with a cathedral and its spire on the distant horizon.
The bright sun is beginning to show through tall white clouds in a blue sky over a dark silhouette of a shoreline with an estuary in the foreground reflecting the light of the clouds and sky.
Image of the abstract shapes created in nature by the juxtaposition of dark rock, ocean waves, and splashes of salt water.
Monochromatic oil painting of an empty vase on a light grey surface with cast shadows against a light grey background.
Waves crashing on a horizontal row of dark rocks during a cloudy and stormy day at the beach.
Image of James Baldwin Quote from Grateful Living: "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
Seagull silhouetted floating in the rippling water of an estuary during a tranquil moment in early morning sunlight.
Dew drops on a spider web built into a yellow gorse bush.
Birds along the winding path of a river, with one in the mid-ground just landing on the water, all silhouetted by early morning pastel-colored orange light just before sunrise.
Intricate swirling patterns of frost.
An estuary at low tide in the early morning before sunrise with a group swans swimming, a footbridge, a row of trees without leaves, and the full moon just above the horizon being reflected in the water.
A bright full moon on the rise in a pastel colored sky with the silhouette of bare tree branches in the foreground.
Still image from the movie Shrek of Lord Farquaad in front of a mirror that has a reflection of a face that looks like Trump.
Image of a Restorative Justice Pledge: I believe that violence is not a solution to any problem. I believe that every person is endowed with a sacred dignity. I believe that every person is capable of changing, healing, and being restored. I pledge to respect the dignity of every person. I pledge to overcome violence with love and compassion. I pledge to accompany and support anyone affected by crime on their healing journey. I pledge to be an instrument of restoration, of reconciliation and forgiveness.
A heron standing and reflected in a river, looking down into the deep blue water, illuminated by bright warm sunlight from the right.
Wispy old man's beard (clematis vitalba) in late fall covering a bush and highlighted by the sun behind it.
Grey skies above a decaying stone building being overgrown with vines, moss, and lichen with bright green grass growing wildly in the foreground.
“Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul—all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair. Not a president. Not even a man. Just the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn’t but has always been—arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshiped like gospel. It is America’s shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn’t just lose its soul—it shits out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader.” Oliver Kornetzke
A field of ivy with leaves reflecting the cool temperature of a clear blue sky highlighted with areas of warm temperatures of sunlight.
A small green plant and moss growing on a grey stone wall lit by morning sunlight.
Mike Johnson engineered a coverup of Trump’s association with Jeffery Epstein, and Republicans averted their eyes as Ghislaine Maxwell was moved from a real prison to a Club Fed where she lives in an unlocked dormitory and can entertain herself with tennis and puppy-training.
Rock formations of two massive boulders with a vertical crack between them and another boulder, resting at the top of that crack in the City of Rocks, Faywood, New Mexico.
Rock formations in the City of Rocks, Faywood New Mexico, with a long vertical crack leading to the background between tall vertical rock formations.
Clouds in a blue sky surrounding the sun setting on the horizon above distant violet colored mountains illuminating long yellow strands of grass against the dark earth in the foreground.
Live in the present. Do the things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold. PEACE PILGRIM
Brilliant orange, red, and violet colored clouds above distant mountains during an evening sunset in southwest New Mexico.
A panoramic view of the members Valley in New Mexico, Land of Enchantment. White puffy clouds, floating in a deep blue sky, hovering above distant mountains and a green high desert valley.
White clouds in a blue sky above a green valley with piñon and cactus in Mimbres, New Mexico.
Moon rising above the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Taos, New Mexico—the Land of Enchantment! Full Moon over Mountain, Taos, original oil on canvas, 36" x 16" Original paintings and prints © Seamus Berkeley. https://seamusberkeley.com/shop-for-art/full-moon-over-mountain-taos/
Evening scene in Taos, New Mexico. This painting appeared on the cover of Taos News Magazine. Oil painting of the moon in a yellow, red, and violet evening sky above the silhouettes of buildings around the plaza of Taos, New Mexico. Taos Aglow, original oil on canvas, 14.75" x 12", framed, $725 Original paintings and prints © Seamus Berkeley.
Evening sky scene in Taos, New Mexico with bright orange, pink, and violet colored clouds against a pale blue sky.
Short video of clip of Wallace Shawn, from the classic movie "My Dinner with Andre", talking about how we might perceive being in a cigar store as equally enlivening as being at the top of Mount Everest.
Oil painting of a bright soft yellow full moon in a dark blue evening sky, framed by dark green leaves of a tree.
Screenshot of goods unite us app rating of Flowers Foods as 94% republican leaning
View of a distant blue mountain and clear skies scene viewed through budding trees in spring in Taos, New Mexico, Land of Enchantment
Quotation image by Grateful Living, “We are nature and we are it all the time, no matter how far away or how close we perceive it to be at each moment.” FABIANA FONDEVILA
An oil painting of an open entryway of the Rock of Cashel cathedral revealing another open doorway on the church’s opposite side in which an ethereal figure is standing in white light.
Small white blossoms of spring on a tree juxtaposed against a dark blue sky background in New Mexico.
Tan colored cat perched on a cat ladder at evening sunset lighting of golden hues framed against a background of an adobe wall and nicho with a small howling dog carving and sea corals.
Panoramic image of bright blue skies with puffy white clouds and a bright sun above a landscape with trees and mountains in southwestern New Mexico near Silver City.
An oil painting of a yellow calla lily, placed against a warm green and dark violet background in a wooden frame.
Screenshot of Apple Maps incorrect location name for Gulf of Mexico
Image of a sunset, sky, clouds, and vast expanse with distance mountains near Fort Craig Historic Site, Socorro, New Mexico
Oil painting green leaves brightly lit by morning, sunlight, juxtaposed against a dark warm, reddish background.
Short video panning water flowing in Fall River along the river walk in Estes Park, Colorado.
A slow motion video of ravens flying in a snow storm.
Image of the sun in a deep blue sky with white puffy clouds above a distant horizon of mountains.
Image of a landscape oil painting of the sun rising in an orange colored sky above a violet and green mesa with a river running through it.
Oil painting of the moon in a yellow, red, and violet evening sky above the silhouettes of buildings around Taos plaza.