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The symbiotic relationship between Master and Apprentice is one of the oldest ways of learning known to man. The Master Artist spends a lifetime experimenting with materials and pushing the inspirational envelope. For the Master, the consummation of a complete creative life is to pass on this experience of hard earned techniques and become the source of inspiration to their chosen apprentice. With this education, and the emotional support of the Master, the Apprentice sets forth to create a new, fresh body of work.
Gloria King Merritt was educated in this tradition.
She began her artistic education in design, drawing, painting and metal work with her mother, Deborah Sweet King, who taught at the Rhode Island School of Design for more than 20 years.
As a young artist living in Providence, Gloria was selected to study painting, drawing, iconography, and resin media with Eugene Tonoff, a graduate of RISD, innovative artist, educator, and founder of the Tonoff School of Art & the Tonoff Gallery on Peck Street. Gloria managed the gallery, while expanding her artistic education with selected courses in film and animation at RISD and design at Brown University.
After moving to Boston, she continued her studies with noted color theorist, educator, muralist and painter, Nathaniel Jacobson. While working at his studio in Brookline Village, she assisted Mr. Jacobson's with his educational book on color, The Sense of Color: A Portfolio of Visuals by Nathaniel Jacobson, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1975. She studied color theory with Mr. Jacobson and participated in his work on visual color identification and quality control work with Binney & Smith (manufacturers of Liquitex acrylic and Permanent Pigment oil artist's paint) She also worked with Mr. Jacobson on the production and installation of a significant educational interactive display, “Color”, that debuted at the Museum of Science in Boston. During this busy period, Gloria also accepted commissioned portraiture.
Following these studies, she was offered, and accepted the position as Art Director for the Boston office of Wilson, Haight & Welch, at that time the largest advertising agency in New England. Gloria saw this opportunity as a way to expand her creative talents in a commercial setting.
Gloria began her own Boston agency, King Advertising & Design, with a regional and international client roster, while continuing to pursue her fine art.
She subsequently served as Art Director for the CBS Television Network affiliate in Boston. This opportunity provided video and film experience and access to state-of-the-art resources. Gloria continued to create, direct and produce video/film, as well as professional film and digital photography for clients within the United States and Europe.
She met and married Bruce Merritt, and together they started MasterMedia Communication, Inc., with studio/offices located in the Boston area. She moved to Vermont more than 20 years ago, where she continued her design & communication business, MasterMedia® in nearby New Hampshire.
Paintings, drawings, prints, photography, sculpture and jewelry designed by the artist have been purchased by regional and international private collectors.
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