Collection: Valerie Lloyd - The Table

Gather at the table, there is a place set for you.

Food sustains the body and also tends to the soul. Each plate reflects the care, beauty, and bounty of a shared meal. Made by a human hand, each is a small act that says you are welcome here.

The table is where conversation lives, whether of joy, reconciliation, or simply the quiet of being together in silence. It is here that we are reminded of our need for each other.

The work is a reflection on the art of eating together, in the hope that we might hear one another again.

About the Artist:

Valerie Lloyd is drawn to the quiet language of form, color, and metaphor. Her paintings—ranging from abstract compositions to simplified still lifes and occasional illustrative works—are meditations on presence, spirituality, and the layered meanings found in everyday objects.

As both a painter and the owner/curator of Surface Gallery in Colorado Springs, Valerie sees art as a conversation: between emotion and form, artist and viewer, and the creative community as a whole. A lifelong creative, she has shared her passion through her own practice, commissioned design work, and as an art educator for students of all ages. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Colorado State University and believes deeply in the transformative power of art to inspire, connect, and shape culture.