Mark Gatewood began painting in the early 1980’s while collaborating in a Los Angeles based design and manufacture firm. He utilized many of the concepts and materials that were developed for his sculptural furniture line to arrive at a prototype frame assembly that he felt would sustain the use of more complex painting mediums and catalyzed finishes. Gatewood created his own unique way of composing with paint by using scrapers and palette knives instead of traditional brushes. The sculpturally robust frame format opened up avenues that allowed the layering of pigmented resin castings resulting in an organic layering of colors and textures.