Highway Murals Rt 95

Pawtucket, RI

Gretchen Dow Simpson

artist

The Blackstone River Corridor

The Blackstone River Corridor

Inspiration for

Murals “Cottage Street II”

Gretchen Dow Simpson

artist

Wall Idea 2011

First Mural Site near Exit 27 Rt 95 South 2012

First Mural Photoshopped on Wall Photo

First Mural

Gretchen Dow Simpson and Johan Bjurman, muralist

Finished First Mural and Traffic

Gretchen Dow Simpson - Artist

Munir Mohammed - Muralist

Second Mural Site near Exit 29 Rt 95 South 2012

Disaster !

After painting 36 feet on a Sunday, Munir rushes into the

studio to say our mural design WILL NOT FIT THE

SPACE!

This was a perspective problem caused by the camera

and our lack of experience in architectural photography.

The wall was curved and hence longer than the

appearance on the computer screen and the height was

distorted as well.

Our proportions, taken from the photograph and used to

apply images, disagreed with Munir’s actual

measurements along the 317 ft wall.

We feverishly redid the image plan.

White dashes show the actual wall outline on the photo

Finished Mural Exit 29 “S” Curves Pawtucket, RI

The Artist and the Muralist, Munir Mohammed

Munir Frank Corrao Gretchen

October 2014

Rt 95

“Cottage St II”

Left Side Slater St. North

Right Side Slater St. North

Left Side Slater St. South

Right Side Slater St. South

Acknowledgments

Johan Bjurman Muralist

Munir Mohammed Muralist

James Baird, PhD Technical Advisor

Governor Lincoln Chafee

Jonathan Stevens, Senior Advisor, Special Projects

Michael Lewis, Director Department of Transportation

Members of RIDOT staff