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 rich collection of masterpieces in our museums and available easily to all of us. It has been my practice and delight to sketch from museum masterpieces for many years. The experience is quite rewarding as there are always benefits and revelations from a study done through drawing that would not have occurred otherwise. It has been my go

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...

Reflections on two paintings of the Renaissance- Bellini and Bruegel- Brian Keeler I had an epiphany, of sorts when considering two...

Contemplating the play of sun across the land- Brian Keeler We painters love the way light describes our world. In fact, the description...

A journey toward hoizons of growth with the guitar- Brian Keeler I have a terrific guitar teacher, well two actually, as there is a...

An essay on sketching from masterworks in museums- Brian Keeler Tradition sustains us- allowing for innovation which invigorates us. The...

An essay on the relations of iconic imagery- From Ancient Rome to the America of the 1930's- Brian Keeler Sacrifices in life that...

The Ithaca Commons- a pedestrian-friendly shopping area in downtown Ithaca, NY is where we've opened a new gallery, North Star Fine Art...

Reflections on Twain and Titian - Venus and Olympia- Brian Keeler When Twain and Titian interact there are interesting fireworks- and...

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...

As esssay on painting American Architecture- Brian Keeler I've long had a sweet spot for the lovely mansard roof houses and other...

An essay on the Italian Renaisssance artist, Piero della Francesca- Brian Keeler Above- The Brera Madonna- by Piero della Francesca, in...

Reflections on painting the cityscape- Brian Keeler Scranton may not seem to be the first choice for the subject of artistic...

Reflections on the Susquehanna Summer Solstice Fest- 2023- Brian Keeler Creating a festival of the arts in a beautiful setting along the...

Wondering what the Italian Poet Dante Alligheri (1265-1321) would do with the falsifiers of our age has been speculated upon by myself...