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RHONDA GATES

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Rhonda Gates spent her formative years between rural southwest Michigan and a small town in northwestern Missouri. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Education in Teaching Art and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US and is included in several important private and corporate collections including the Elmhurst Art Museum (IL) and Swedish American Regional Cancer Center (IL). Reviews have been published in publications including Art in America, Artnet, and the Chicago Tribune.

Gates' paintings strike a delicate balance between the suggestion of spatial depth and the flatness of surface. Simplified representations of natural forms serve as environmental cues, furthering the tension between surface and space. Her paintings begin as personal experiences in nature during which she focuses on the relationships between the formal elements within the scene. In her studio, she digs deeper into her observations and memories, and meditates on the experiences to isolate them visually into an inherent or implied geometric structure.
Rhonda Gates - "Breakwaters and Waves", 2024, oil / graphite on panel, 16 x 40 in.
Rhonda Gates - "Breakwaters, Clouds and Reflections", 2024, oil / graphite on panel, 16 x 16 in.
Rhonda Gates - "Glimpse of Rain", 2023, oil / graphite on panel, 20 x 16 in.
Rhonda Gates - "Inlet in the Fog", 2024, oil / graphite on panel, 20 x 24 in.
Rhonda Gates - "Night Snow in the City Glow", 2023, oil / graphite on panel, 24 x 18 in.
Rhonda Gates - "Summer Prairie: Queen Anne's Lace", 2024, oil / graphite on panel, 24 x 30 in.
Rhonda Gates - "Reflected Cloud", 2024, oil / graphite on panel, 16 x 16 in.
Rhonda Gates - "River", 2023, oil / graphite on panel, 24 x 36 in.
Rhonda Gates - "Road Cut: Almost There", 2023, oil / graphite on panel, 16 x 16 in.
Rhonda Gates - "Ships in Passing", 2023, oil / graphite on panel, 24 x 18 in.
Rhonda Gates - "Snowfall", 2023, oil / graphite on panel, 30 x 36 in.
Rhonda Gates - "Tidal Recession", 2024, oil / graphite on panel, 20 x 24 in.
Rhonda Gates - "Waiting to Pass", 2023, oil / graphite on panel, 36 x 24 in.
Rhonda Gates - "Road Cut: On the Way", 2023, oil / graphite on panel, 16 x 16 in.
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