November Exhibits: Valerie Surface Lloyd and Sara Tuckerat 2752 W. Colorado Ave

Surface Gallery is pleased to present two solo exhibits: ‘The Table’, new paintings by gallery owner and curator Valerie Surface Lloyd, and ‘Scorched Earth’, a collection by multidisciplinary artist Sara Tucker. Both shows open with a reception on Friday, November 6, from 4 to 8 p.m., and run through Wednesday, November 25. The Table The Table is an exhibit of hand-painted food: plates and arrangements that serve as symbols of care, beauty, and bounty. Lloyd sees food as more than sustenance for the body. It also tends to the soul. Each painting is a small act of welcome, and the table on which the work is placed becomes a space for gathering. “The table is where conversation lives, whether of joy, reconciliation, or simply the quiet of being together in silence,” says Lloyd. “The work is a reflection on the art of eating together, in the hope that we might hear one another again.” About Valerie Surface Lloyd Valerie Surface 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…