​North Star Art Gallery is the home gallery for Brian Keeler and we hold the largest collection of his works of Ithaca and the Finger Lakes the portray his love of this his adopted home.  ​​We are proud to announce the publication of the second edition of his  Dramatic Color in the Landscape nowin a newly expanded second edition — and for anyone who has ever stood before one of his luminous paintings and wondered how he does it, this is the book you've been waiting for.

 

Drawing on more than four decades of painting experience and an artist's deep understanding of light, color, and composition, Keeler shares the insights and techniques behind his celebrated landscapes of the Finger Lakes, the Susquehanna Valley, the coast of Maine, and the countryside of Italy. His approach combines the immediacy of plein air painting with the ambition of large studio works, and this book captures both — showing not just what he paints, but how and why. Richly illustrated and written with the clarity of a master teacher,

 

Dramatic Color in the Landscape is an essential volume for painters, collectors, and anyone who finds beauty in the way light transforms the natural world. Available now at briankeeler.com and through North Star Art Gallery in Ithaca, NY​

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