Keith ThomsonSteel, Oil Painting2025
2025
About the Item
Artist Comments
A ballerina balances en pointe on a rust-red steel girder suspended high above a pastel-hued cityscape. The image contrasts delicate grace with industrial strength, evoking the precarious beauty of human aspiration in a modern metropolis. Artist Keith Thomson used oil paint and ink to create the piece, inspired not by metaphor, but by the thrill of challenge. After all, anyone can pirouette in a theater. But sixty stories above Manhattan?Arist Keith Thomson used oil paint and ink to create this piece.
About the Artist
Alabama-based artist Keith Thomson creates quick-witted, mixed-media artwork that blends realism and surrealism. His background as a political cartoonist in the 90s is reflected in the sharp storytelling his artwork achieves. He combines stylized realism and everyday subject matter with surreal details and ironic twists. He begins his work as digital sketches using animation software, then he transfers the sketch onto the canvas and begins applying oil paint. In addition to painting, he is a writer, of mostly spy novels and nonfiction articles. His writing prowess shines through in his witty descriptions of his pieces.
Words that describe this painting: ballet, cityscape, New York, figurative, NYC, sky, skyline, buildings, high rise, beam, dance, architecture, people, pop, oil painting, blue
Steel
Keith Thomson
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2025
20 in. h x 30 in. w x 1.5 in. d
5 lbs. 0 oz.
- Creator:
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement Style:
- Period:
- Condition:Steel. Keith Thomson. Oil painting on stretched canvas. Finished white edges. Varnished and Ready to hang. One-of-a-kind. Signed on front.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 799841stDibs: LU922116557402
You May Also Like
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Pop Art Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1990s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Pop Art Interior Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
More From This Seller
View AllArtist Comments
A little boy stands on a sidewalk, posing curiously. He is studying the metal and glass contraption, taking in the numbers of its control panel and measuring ...
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
I used the activity of transplanting tree saplings as a way to connect the city and the country in this painting. I'm interested in surreal scenes where peopl...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A woman in a blue jacket and red pants walks across the crosswalk. Her relaxed posture mirrors the city's slow Saturday morning rhythm. The scene captures the q...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Interior Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Sunlight filters through the dilapidated room, illuminating dust motes and peeling paint. Before the crumbling fireplace, the translucent figures of the home'...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Interior Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
A cow peeks through a window in a high-rise building, creating a sense of intrigue. This unexpected scene draws inspiration from the story of Freddie Mercury, a...
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Interior Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A group of narrow, colorful houses stand side by side on a hill. The distant mountains bask under a cloudy summer sky. Tall birch trees with autumn leaves rustle with joy, adding to the vibrancy. The bright colors exude a playful energy.
About the Artist
Artist John Jaster paints in a style he describes as realistic impressions, capturing colorful views of his adventures across the Americas. "People always ask me how I get such deep brilliant colors," says John. "The answer is layers. Since acrylic paint dries mostly transparent, it requires multiple layers of paint to build up to a specific color. With the right lighting that depth of layering is like sunshine glistening through clear water." In college, John felt a pull towards computer science and pursued a career in software architecture. Although the two paths...
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Interior Paintings
Acrylic
