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Keeler North Star Studio
743 Snyder Hill Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
Brian Keeler, Ithaca Studio
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Mar 3, 20247 min read
Its in the Cards-
Reflections on the Tarot- and the expressions of card playing in art - Brian Keeler Above- a painting by the author of card players-...
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bkeeler
Feb 23, 20247 min read
Crackered out and Fracked up- A Tale of Two States
An essay on environmental collapse - Fracking, war zones and other fraught issues- Brian Keeler Liquified Natural Gas, (LNG) and Fracking...
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bkeeler
Feb 16, 20247 min read
Food for Thought- Cuisine as Art
Impressions of dining and the new movie "The Taste of Things" - Brian Keeler Above- Vermeer's painting, "The Milkmaid" of 1660 is...
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bkeeler
Jan 28, 20248 min read
Art as an Antidote-
Contemplating the fate of art education today -and considering art as a benefic process for a troubled world- Brian Keeler To assuage the...
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bkeeler
Dec 29, 20238 min read
Godly Land or The Landed Godly
Reflections on two paintings of the Renaissance- Bellini and Bruegel- Brian Keeler I had an epiphany, of sorts when considering two...
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bkeeler
Dec 19, 20236 min read
The Topography of Light-
Contemplating the play of sun across the land- Brian Keeler We painters love the way light describes our world. In fact, the description...
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bkeeler
Dec 8, 20238 min read
On Guitar- Yoga for the Fingers- Inspiration for the Soul
A journey toward hoizons of growth with the guitar- Brian Keeler I have a terrific guitar teacher, well two actually, as there is a...
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bkeeler
Nov 26, 20236 min read
Drawing on Tradition-
An essay on sketching from masterworks in museums- Brian Keeler Tradition sustains us- allowing for innovation which invigorates us. The...
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bkeeler
Nov 19, 20237 min read
Correlations- Steinbeck to Caravaggio
An essay on the relations of iconic imagery- From Ancient Rome to the America of the 1930's- Brian Keeler Sacrifices in life that...
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bkeeler
Nov 16, 20235 min read
Commonality- On Opening a New Gallery Space
The Ithaca Commons- a pedestrian-friendly shopping area in downtown Ithaca, NY is where we've opened a new gallery, North Star Fine Art...
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bkeeler
Oct 31, 20239 min read
Innocents- A nod
Reflections on Twain and Titian - Venus and Olympia- Brian Keeler When Twain and Titian interact there are interesting fireworks- and...
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bkeeler
Oct 13, 20236 min read
Revisiting the Night-
An essay on the evocative nature of nocturnes- Brian Keeler The nocturne has long appealed to me, and many other artists as well, as a...
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bkeeler
Aug 26, 202310 min read
Mansard Muse, Cupola Caprices & Victorian Verge
As esssay on painting American Architecture- Brian Keeler I've long had a sweet spot for the lovely mansard roof houses and other...
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bkeeler
Jul 30, 202310 min read
Proportion and Brilliance- Pondering Piero
An essay on the Italian Renaisssance artist, Piero della Francesca- Brian Keeler Above- The Brera Madonna- by Piero della Francesca, in...
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bkeeler
Jun 30, 20236 min read
Scranton as the Muse-
Reflections on painting the cityscape- Brian Keeler Scranton may not seem to be the first choice for the subject of artistic...
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bkeeler
Jun 22, 20238 min read
Festival Formation for Felicitations-
Reflections on the Susquehanna Summer Solstice Fest- 2023- Brian Keeler Creating a festival of the arts in a beautiful setting along the...
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bkeeler
Jun 6, 20237 min read
What Would Dante Do - with colossal liars ?
Wondering what the Italian Poet Dante Alligheri (1265-1321) would do with the falsifiers of our age has been speculated upon by myself...
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bkeeler
May 14, 20237 min read
Etruscan Epiphanies- Amsterdam Arias in the Arts
This April and May Linda and I were very fortunate indeed to return to Amsterdam to revel in the arts of the Dutch Golden Age- with the...
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bkeeler
Mar 16, 20232 min read
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, 20236 min read
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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