Drawing Inspiration from French Paintings - Polish or Process, take your pick. An essay- Brian Keeler   What is not to like about the...

An essay on corollaries of ancient and contemporary events- Brian Keeler Above - A 1634 painting by the French artist Nocholas Poussin...

An impression of the current show of Hudson River School paintings at the University of Scranton's Hope Horn Gallery.- - Brian Keeler Above- An oil painting by James Hope (1818-1892) titled "Rainbow Falls, Watkins Glen." The painting of 1871 depicts the popular glen and series of waterfalls in nearby Watkins Glen, NY. Exhibit at the Hope Horn Gallery- University of Scranton There is currently a wonderful show at the Hope Horn Gallery at the University of Scranton cu

An essay on painting the oppositions within coastal motifs- Brian Keeler In the course of painting Maine and Massachusetts coastlines...

An essay on the functions of art- in our homes, museums, towns and media- Brian Keeler Above- "July Light on Urban Chess" is a large oil...

An overview of the political landscape -  an essay- Brian Keeler Indeed, what would the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945)...

Thoughts on Thomas Cole and Frederic Church - Rivers and the ancient antecedents- an essay- Brian Keeler The Hudson River School...

An essay- Brian Keeler The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA has long been a favorite as a destination for...

Plumbing Renaissance visionaries for Wisdom- Brian Keeler For all those movers and shakers over the decades and centuries who have...

Reflections on "Pasquinades, Essays from Rome's Famous Talking Statue" A review of the book by Anthony Di Renzo -Brian Keeler If you've...

An essay on the Ithaca Commons- Brian Keeler This Commentary published in The Ithaca Times- July 17, 2024 As I've been on the Commons in...

Reflections on the Third Annual Susquehanna Summer Solstice Fest- Brian Keeler We are doing some good things at the Susquehanna Summer...

A reflection on genre painting from antiquity to today- Brian Keeler Who would think that the art of the humble, commonplace or everyday...

Impressions of the exhibit at the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts-May 4- 25, 2024- Brian Keeler Note- This review was...

Availing ourselves of the beauty in museums- exploring "corporeal topography." Brian Keeler We have at our beck and call an unbelievably...

Travails in surveillance and legalese- Brian Keeler As the saying goes, "We'd all be rich if it weren't for insurance and taxes."   I...

Reflections on the Tarot- and the expressions of card playing in art - Brian Keeler Above- a painting by the author of card players-...

An essay on environmental collapse - Fracking, war zones and other fraught issues- Brian Keeler Liquified Natural Gas, (LNG) and Fracking...

Impressions of dining and the new movie "The Taste of Things" - Brian Keeler Above- Vermeer's painting, "The Milkmaid" of 1660 is...

Contemplating the fate of art education today -and considering art as a benefic process for a troubled world- Brian Keeler To assuage the...