{"id":3802,"date":"2017-02-06T12:05:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T17:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2017-02-20T08:59:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T13:59:13","slug":"merrill-densmore-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/merrill-densmore-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Merrill Densmore Selections at GRACE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Merrill Densmore Selections
\nJanuary 5-February 22, 2017<\/h2>\n

Merrill Densmore was born in 1943 and was raised in Vermont\u2019s Northeast Kingdom. He started to paint by using \u201cpaint by numbers\u201d and drawing with crayons. He began working with the GRACE program in 1994, where he was introduced to acrylic paints and other art materials. One of his favorite subjects was the Vermont landscape. Merrill used bold color patterns to fill his paintings with clouds, trees, mountains and animals. Merrill\u2019s work has been exhibited widely and is in many private collections in the United States.<\/p>\n

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INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grass Roots Art & Community Effort (GRACE)<\/strong>
\n59 Mill Street (Vermont Route 15)
\nHardwick 05843
\n(802) 472-6857<\/p>\n

Hours:
\nTuesday-Thursday, 10AM-4PM<\/p>\n

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Merrill Densmore Selections January 5-February 22, 2017 Merrill Densmore was born in 1943 and was raised in Vermont\u2019s Northeast Kingdom. He started to paint by using \u201cpaint by numbers\u201d and drawing with crayons. He began working with the GRACE program…<\/p>\n

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