Background
Simmons, Gary Paul was born on February 10, 1941 in Vergennes, Illinois, United States. Son of Paul D. and Virginia A. (Reese) Simmons.
Simmons, Gary Paul was born on February 10, 1941 in Vergennes, Illinois, United States. Son of Paul D. and Virginia A. (Reese) Simmons.
Bachelor, Southern Illinois University, 1963. Master of Arts, Southern Illinois University, 1965. Doctor of Education, Indiana University, 1972.
Science illustrator, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1960-1965; instructor, Franklin (Indiana) College, 1966-1968; research scientist, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1971-1973; associate professor, U. Arkansas, Hot Springs, 1973-760; instructor, Garland County Community College, Hot Springs, 1976, 90; artist, co-owner, Stephens & Simmons Inc., Hot Springs, 1983-1988; artist, consultant, Gary Simmons Studio, Hot Springs, 1976-1992; art faculty member, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, since 1991; represented by, Palmers Gallery, Hot Springs. Consultant, instructor Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph, Bloomsbury, New Jersey, since 1988, consultant University Texas, San Antonio, 1979. Lecturer various art leagues, since 1989.
(Since Feeling Is First is a new kind of poetry anthology....)
Board of directors Hot Springs Arts Center, 1984-1987. Speaker Young Women’s Christian Association, Hot Springs, 1990, Artists and Display, Milwaukee, 1988, Pittsburgh The Art Institute of Chicago, 1989, Dallas Art League, 1990. Presenter area schools, Hot Springs, since 1976.
Member Hot Springs Arts Center (Visual Arts award 1991).
Married June M. Coats, August 17, 1963. Children: Jamie R., Rebecca J.