Making Lemonade in Vermont
July/August
2016
Gloria
King Merritt’s Happy Accident
by
Taryn Plumb
It
basically started out as a fluke.
Four
years ago, a tendon snapped in Gloria King Merritt’s thumb (the
result of a 40-year-old injury). Her hand had to be rewired; she
couldn’t do the simplest things, like fasten buttons or tie her
shoes.
Her
doctors told her that in order to get her dexterity back, she should
repetitively make quarter-inch marks with a pencil on a pad. That got
old pretty quickly; it was not only boring, but mind-numbing.
So
instead, she picked up a tablet and a stylus and began experimenting
with digital art. As she put it, she “devoured” software, and
within 12 weeks, had a complete drawing.
“Now
I’m addicted,” said the Woodstock, Vermont-based digital artist,
whose work will be on display through July 17 as part of
“Domesticated Beasts and Dreams of Home: Early Summer Group Show,”
also featuring works by Bonnie Barnes, Joe Fucigna, Julie Goetz,
Cynthia Kirkwood, John Matusz, Charlotte Potter and Mark Eliot
Schwabe at The Bundy Modern, just off Route 100 on Bundy Road in
Waitsfield, VT.
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