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While not every piece you see on this site is still available, a great many are (including plenty more not shown here), and I always welcome inquiries on original work! Message me below to request a full list of available paintings with sizes and prices. I’m happy to ship, or those in the Portland area may be able to pick up purchases, or arrange a studio visit to see work in person.

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Fresh off the easel! Big Pink (the U.S. Bancorp Tower) in Portland; oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas panel. This is another one that will come available for purchase during Portland Open Studios in October—but you can order prints right now
#tbt circa 2018: the MAX cruising up 5th Avenue in downtown Portland. This piece is sold, but prints can be ordered on my website (link in bio), and there are plenty of other paintings from my Words For Rain series still available for purchase—
Varnishing really brings out the best in certain pieces. Next step for this one will be framing, and then it will be available for purchase exclusively during Portland Open Studios, the second and third weekends of October! My studio is in the Montav
The use of tools and masking plays a big part in my painting process, especially when it comes to geometric shapes such as buildings. I also spend a significant amount of work time taking paint *off* the canvas, using rags or newsprint, to soften or
Portlanders, can you identify this location?? Oil on canvas, 12x9”.
Something I like to do alongside bigger projects is to create small, abstract acrylic underpaintings and then add scenes on top of them in oils. I’ll pick references from my own photography and match them up with backgrounds, looking for intere
Oh, hello! I didn’t see you there.
#tbt circa last summer: Waterworks Hill in Missoula, Montana. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 20x30”. Available for purchase—email me at info@joshgatesart.com!
Building a building 🏢🖌
To capture the elusive visual effect of that midsummer evening twilight sky, I took advantage of the texture of the canvas as a way to blend colors: I started with a purple base layer in acrylic, then used scumbling with a dry brush to apply a subtle
This patron loved her tiny pet portrait of Gary here so much that she commissioned a second one for her son! I tried my best to reproduce the first version as closely as possible. Swipe for the side-by-side! And check out my website (link in bio) for
Another new one! “Thaw,” oil and acrylic on canvas, 16x20”. I was really happy with how the atmospheric perspective worked out in this one. Email me at info@joshgatesart.com for purchase inquiries; prints can also be ordered on my w