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KimGatesman/ThirdSwitchStudios
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Lifelong creative kid. Oil Painting, Printmaking, Gardening, Woodworking, Music, and other Tinkerings.
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An emotional support painting anyone?

Click. Zoom in.

1. Breathe in. Look at the changes from warm to cool.

2. Breathe out. Look at the differences in color and brushstrokes on portions of the rocks above and below the waterline.

#art is healing.
#oilpainting #landscape #painting
February 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I keep trying to find “nice” photos of me working in my studio for my website/marketing. This is all I got 😂
#goblinmode

On larger pieces I climb all around to get eye-level with the section I’m working on. My knees appreciate that I mostly work small. 🤦🏻
#art #painting #actionshots #workingartist
January 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is one where I think I got it right. I didn’t overdo it. Scale was perfect and provided plenty of space for larger brushstrokes to do their thing. I was confident, relaxed. Knew when to stop.

#RockyBeach 021
24x36, #oilpainting on panel

#sold #painting
#art #landscape #seascape #fineart
January 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Backing up from the view of the last #painting, we end up here. A few hundred steps away, the same day, but 15 years apart.

#RockyBeach 018
East Beach, Westport, MA
17.5” x 30.5”, oil on panel
2010

#landscape #seascape #art #fineart #oilpainting
January 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Here’s a painting that, in fact, did NOT make it into a juried show. It’s fine, it’s how it goes sometimes. Been doing this a while. But here it is so y’all can hopefully enjoy!
“Rocky Beach 035: Bittersweet”
24”x40” oil on linen panel
#oilpainting #painting #art #landscape #seascape #fineart
January 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A #commission that I finished just in the nick of time for the holidays! For the only #collector I’d endure #painting two, 1/4” tall, long haired toddlers into composition for 😂
#oilpainting #linenpanel
12” x 21.5”
Studio made moulding
#fineart #art #landscape #seascape
January 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The second of two pieces I have in a show opening a January 11!

Imago Foundation For the Arts
…in Warren, RI.

www.imagofoundation4art.org/ifa-events

Rocky Beach 036 - Through The Thick of It
18x24”, oil in linen panel
2024

#oilpainting #painting #ocean #landscape #seascape #art #rockybeach
January 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
One of the pieces I have in a show opening a January 11!

Imago Foundation For the Arts
…in Warren, RI.

www.imagofoundation4art.org/ifa-events

Rocky Beach 033 - Off Season Warren’s Point
24x24”, oil in linen panel
2024

#oilpainting #painting #ocean #landscape #seascape #art #rockybeach
January 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Click to expand this to its full 2.39, #CinemaScope aspect ratio!
I really wanted a #cinematic composition for this #oilpainting , and I think it works! Will definitely use in future pieces.

“The Final Hours”
20x48”, oil on linen panel
Framed. 2024
(Available) $9.6k

#art #painting #rockybeach
December 28, 2024 at 1:04 PM
A lot of the time I wonder if I’m even #painting #landscapes
Feels more like painting #portraits sometimes.
#oilpainting #rockybeach

RB 25 July Twenty-first
12x17.5”, oil on panel
private collection
2015 or 2017ish
December 20, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Frazzled Florals

This series started innocently enough...by being too lazy to toss out a bouquet of flowers. As they progressively dried and crumpled into these beautiful forms they became something that was begging to be drawn.

#pencil #drawing #graphite #flower #frazzled #art
December 18, 2024 at 12:49 PM
The one that reminding me that I did not, in fact, forget how to paint…
I am convinced after any stretch away from #painting (and let’s face it, it’s as I start any painting…even if I just finished one) that I’ve forgotten how to #paint.

2023, #oilpainting , 6.5” x 11”
Private Collection
#art
December 17, 2024 at 12:07 PM
This one of the early ones, number 13. I call it everyone’s favorite, because after 12 years and lots of rocky beaches later, this is still a fan favorite.

I gained a lot of confidence with this one. I trusted some new instincts and it paid off.

#oilpainting #landscape #rockybeach #art #seascape
December 15, 2024 at 4:44 AM
While my #electrostaticmonotype process is at heart a printmaking process, I’ve expanded the creative potential with #photography.

In 2023 I wrote/designed a short #sciart #zine that discusses my process, has a ton of photos, and even has some nice words from a friend!

1/2
December 13, 2024 at 12:49 PM
My big easel setup! Stuffed into a 10’x12’ shed I make the best use of the space by adapting shelving hardware to clamp things into place.

I work on thin panels that can easily held in place on a piece of homasote board. Makes it easy to changeout paintings as needed. #oilpainting #easel #painting
December 11, 2024 at 12:57 PM
One of my favorite detail shots from a piece called “From the Unknown”.
#electrostaticmonotype

The original image measures 11x17, and the detail itself is maybe only 1.5” square, but dang it is massive!

#SciArt #art #printmaking
December 3, 2024 at 2:49 AM
#ElectrostaticMonotype
#SciArt
With my process I can use charged objects as drawing implements! Results vary based on whether the object is on the (+) or (-) lead.

#kimgatesmanthirdswitchstudios #thirdswitchpress #art #printmaking #monotype
December 1, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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November 30, 2024 at 11:47 AM
What’s an electrostatic monotype? 1/
November 30, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Hobbies Include: helping out at our friend’s wood fired kiln! We usually do the night shift, where we’ll feed the fire while an exhausted potter calls the stokes. The kiln gets to 2400 degF. It’s a small kiln so it’s about an 18 hour fire.

Looking forward to this welcomed distraction soon!
November 14, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Introducing myself with a couple of pieces of my art work.

I’m a painter, printmaker, gardener, tinkerer, and life long student who’s trying to process the weight of the next four years…it, it feels like a lot. ❤️

Will give media/etc details in the comments.
November 12, 2024 at 12:26 AM