The Maritime Novelist, Oil Painting
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Keith ThomsonThe Maritime Novelist, Oil Painting2024
2024
About the Item
Artist Comments
A solitary writer sits at his typewriter on a small boat, braving towering waves. He remains focused despite the turbulent sea tossing him about. In reality, though, he works from a 180-square-foot office he rents in landlocked Birmingham, Alabama.
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: ocean, sea, waves, water, man, boat, typewriter, writer, swell, sky, people, seascape, surrealism, oil painting, blue
The Maritime Novelist
Keith Thomson
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2024
16 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.5 in. d
3 lbs. 0 oz.
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- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Condition:The Maritime Novelist. 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: 785841stDibs: LU922115407372
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