Keith Thomson

Cape Canaveral, Oil Painting

2025

Artist Comments
A stylized, retro-futuristic scene depicts five women seated in a row under large, helmet-like hair dryers in what appears to be a mid-century beauty salon. They are all reading magazines. They are dressed in pastel-colored dresses and have a serene, uniform expression, not unlike the men down the road at Launch Complex 39A.

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: space, Americana, salon, hair, interior, woman, helmet, reading, magazines, people, pop, oil painting, green

Cape Canaveral
Keith Thomson
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2025
16 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.5 in. d
3 lbs. 0 oz.