“The Rolls Royce of Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles” -Smithsonian Magazine, 1990
Gretchen Dow Simpson is a native New Englander who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. She began distinguishing her career by taking photographs of buildings and worked as a freelance photographer in Boston, New York, Minneapolis, and Scranton. Her first painting was purchased by the New Yorker magazine in 1974, having completed over 65 covers for the magazine ever since. Simpson’s paintings are distinctive for their New England architecture with clean-lines, flat surfaces, and deep perspective. She has been the recipient of a Pell award and an honorary doctorate from Bryant University. Simpson has done commissions for Bostonian Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Absolut Vodka,and Kirin Seagram Company.
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Requires extra concentration |
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Requires extra concentration & patience |
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Requires extra concentration, patience & aspirin |
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Requires extra concentration, patience, aspirin & Valium |
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Hors d'oeuvres-taste Stave shenanigans. |
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Faint of heart? This may be your limit? |
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Be prepared to do battle. |
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If they made Pepto Bismol for the brain, this is when you would need it. |
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What part of 'impossible' don't you understand? |
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You’re feeling like a genius! |
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You start to strain your brain! |
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Frustration creeps in! |
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The real agony begins! |
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Hair pulling, expletives, and screaming ensue! Get the POINT?! |
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If you haven't gotten the POINT yet... ☠️ |
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Holy Smokes! You did it! |
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You feel feverish as your temperature begins to rise. |
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Requires you to loosen your collar and let out some steam. |
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Be prepared for an eruption, you might as well throw yourself into an inferno! |
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Good for your heart. |
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Gets your heart racing. |
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Your heart might skip a beat. |
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Time to monitor your heart rate. |