"Italy XIIISM,'' a painting by Gretchen Dow Simpson in her current show at Reliable Gold, in Providence. She is particularly celebrated for her crisp and close-up views of New England and other architecture, interior and exterior, and for her intense attention to proportion and lighting. She considers herself a “painter with a photographer’s eye,” and architectural forms have always drawn her.
She is also well known for the more than 50 covers she has done for The New Yorker magazine.
