Gretchen Dow Simpson

Authors

Gretchen Dow Simpson, Rhode Island School of Design
Richard Goulis, AS220Follow

Files

Description

A native New Englander who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, Gretchen Dow Simpson spent many years living in New York City, where she completed over 65 covers for The New Yorker magazine. In 1985, an exhibition at the Newport Art Museum brought her back to the area, and she moved to Providence’s East Side. Simpson considers herself a “painter with a photographer’s eye,” and architectural forms have always drawn her. Simpson has shown her work at the Virginia Lynch Gallery in RI and the Mary Ryan Gallery in NYC and numerous other venues. She recently painted a mural on Route 95 for the Governor’s Highway Beautification Project. She has been the recipient of a Pell award and an honorary doctorate from Bryant University.

networksrhodeisland.org

Publication Date

2015

Keywords

illustrations, jewelry, mache, magazine, painting, paper, pawtucket, photographer, NetWorks RI, RISD, alumni

Disciplines

Art and Design

Video

Richard Goulis

Executive Producer

Joseph A. Chazan, M.D.

Recommended Citation

Simpson, Gretchen Dow and Goulis, Richard, "Gretchen Dow Simpson" (2015). NetWorks RI | RISD Alumni Profiles. 10.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/alumniwork_networksri_risdalumni/10