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 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...