SNEAPA 2014

1. Highway Murals Rt 95
Pawtucket, RI
Gretchen Dow Simpson
artist

3. The Blackstone River Corridor

4. The Blackstone River Corridor

12. Inspiration for Murals
“Cottage Street II”
Gretchen Dow Simpson
artist

13. Wall Idea 2011

14. First Mural Site near Exit 27 Rt 95 South 2012

15. First Mural Photoshopped on Wall Photo

17. First Mural
Gretchen Dow Simpson and Johan Bjurman, muralist

19. Finished First Mural and Traffic

20. Gretchen Dow Simpson - Artist
Munir Mohammed - Muralist

21. Second Mural Site near Exit 29 Rt 95 South 2012

22. Disaster !
After painting 36 feet on a Sunday, Munir rushes into the studio to say our mural design WILL NOT FIT THE SPACE!

24. 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.

25. White dashes show the actual wall outline on the photo

26. Finished Mural Exit 29 “S” Curves Pawtucket, RI

27. The Artist and the Muralist, Munir Mohammed

33. Munir
Frank Corrao
Gretchen

39. October 2014

40. Rt 95

44. “Cottage St II”

46. Left Side Slater St. North

47. Right Side Slater St. North

49. Left Side Slater St. South

50. Right Side Slater St. South

51. 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