Announcing the New Art Venue on the Commons in Ithaca, NY.

A collection of Brian Keeler's recent paintings of historic architecture, with cupola capped Italianate homes and street scenes captured with beautiful light. Also in this show, genre scenes, landscapes of the Finger Lakes and other motifs.

Join us for First Friday Gallery Night, Ithaca on Friday, December 1st from noon to 8 pm with live music by gypsy swing band Zingology Friday 5 to 7 PM.

Think holiday gifts of prints, portraits and family home commissions and visit us on Second Saturday of the Cayuga Arts Trail December 9th from noon to 5 pm.

Monthly Second Saturdays on the Greater Ithaca Art Trail are a program of the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County. To see other Art Trail studios that are open, visit www.ArtTrail.com

Celebrate winter light with Winter Solstice with us at the North Star Fine Art Gallery on December 21st. Zingology will play gypsy swing from 6 to 8 pm.

116 The Commons, Ithaca, NY

Fall Exhibition- Italianate Inspirations and Dutch Delights

This painting is one of the paintings of Italy we are now featuring in the North Star Art Gallery. This plein air work was painted along the banks of the Tiber River in Rome looking upstream toward Castel Sant' Angelo- the large round building shown here- also known as Hadrian's Mausoleum. This work, titled, "Tiber Sculler, Castel Sant'Angelo" is a 24" x 26" oil on linen.

To view a video of this work at the end of the first session on

location in Rome- view this video.

And to view another video of the same painting being completed back in the studio.

Video

New small-scale paintings done en plein air and larger studio paintings of Italy and Amsterdam will be featured in the North Star Art Gallery.

Keeler has made the marvelous and ancient cityscapes of Rome, Florence, Venice and many charming hill towns like Ravello and Montepulciano the subject of his art for over thirty years. Along with the landscapes of Umbria and Tuscany this show offers oils and pastels of the peninsula for your consideration- as a work of art for your home. The art history of Amsterdam, along with the Dutch Golden age is part of this show as well with new paintings of this city.