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What Could Happen in Sugar Run, PA!
This is a recent letter to the editor penned as a response to train derailments around the county in the winter of 2023. What could...
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bkeeler
- Mar 15
- 6 min
Interior Invite- Into the Enfilade-
Finding Awe in the Quotidian- "Everyday Epihanies" is how one could sum up the essence of genre painting. And the Dutch Golden age is-...
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bkeeler
- Mar 12
- 7 min
An Exhibit of Confluence- When ecology, art, and the ancients flow together
Currently at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art here in Ithaca there is a wonderful exhibit that blends the art of ancient Rome and...
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bkeeler
- Feb 12
- 5 min
Chiaroscuro- Light on the Dark side- Botticelli and Dante
I've just completed a thoroughly delightful and engaging book on an artist and period of history that I've long held a passion for,...
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bkeeler
- Jan 29
- 4 min
On Dance- The Yoga of Rhythm- together-
To flow in a rhythmic partnership can be a wonderful experience- but it takes work to get to that special zone. I recently particiapted...
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- Jan 22
- 7 min
An Amsterdam Apogee- Impressions
An impression the city by the Amstel River.
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bkeeler
- Jan 9
- 7 min
Is this Presidential? Toxicity Tantrums and Super Hero Delusions-
I've thought of writing this appraisal many times- delaying to sidestep polemics, but for no lack of material. On the contrary, every...
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bkeeler
- Dec 28, 2022
- 4 min
When Fish Fly- Actually and Allegorically
Fast fish or loose fish- the phrase in Hermann Melville's 1851 novel, Moby Dick was used to describe the legality and ownership of...
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bkeeler
- Dec 3, 2022
- 6 min
Emancipation Emanations- Art as a Catalyst for Contemplation
Reflections on Sculptures in an Exhibition- At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York One iconic head study from 19th century France...
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bkeeler
- Nov 21, 2022
- 6 min
In Praise of Painting- Venerating Vermeer
One cannot do better than to spend an afternoon immersed in the art created during the Dutch Golden Age, if the goal is to appreciate...
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bkeeler
- Nov 14, 2022
- 4 min
A Remembrance of Steve Doherty-
The news of the passing of Steve Doherty reached many of us recenntly via a Facebook post from Steve's son Michael. While Michael was...
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bkeeler
- Nov 8, 2022
- 7 min
Plentitude of Plein Air- The Coastal Calling-
Reflections on the Cape Ann Plein Air Event- Brian Keeler A plein air event, especially the juried, well-run national gatherings are at...
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bkeeler
- Oct 18, 2022
- 5 min
Revisiting Roman Rivers- Painting Historic Currents
You can never step into the same river twice, so says the ancient Greek philosopher, Heraclitus. Some have come to many new...
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bkeeler
- Sep 22, 2022
- 5 min
Biking into work- Painting Mobility
It is is location, location, location right? Well that's the the mantra of real estate agents when referring to the clincher for selling...
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bkeeler
- Sep 14, 2022
- 5 min
Cats or Corvettes- Commissions and Conundrums
A brush for hire is crux of the concern here - is it an oppressive burden, a mark of professional acumen, a servile pandering, an...
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bkeeler
- Sep 7, 2022
- 6 min
The Magritte Matrix- Exploring the Window Motif
Windows have been used as a metaphor to explain the process of looking into or through a frame- in much the same way we do with...
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bkeeler
- Aug 21, 2022
- 5 min
Independent Intuitions- Art for Arts Sake
Recently I became acquainted with a wonderful little book of commentary on art that struck me as a text that could serve as a manifesto...
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bkeeler
- May 24, 2022
- 6 min
The End of Country- Reflections on the Urban/Rural ideals
The title of this essay is taken from a book I am reading now by Seamus McGraw, with the subtitle of “Dispatches from the Frack Zone.” ...
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bkeeler
- Apr 21, 2022
- 6 min
What They Think- Political Parallels- Art and Actuality
An essay on global and local issues – War, art and the environment. Brian Keeler Sometimes it may just be better not to know what one’s...
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bkeeler
- Apr 13, 2022
- 7 min
On Turner- A Maelstrom Maker – Content, Color and Context
An essay inspired by the exhibit of Turner's work at the MFA in Boston- Brian Keeler The work of the British Painter, J.M.W. Turner...
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