upcoming AT THE GALLERY AT STILL RIVER EDITIONS
anne lloyd
floating above a white draped room
october 4 - december 19, 2025
Opening reception saturday october 4, 2 pm - 4 pm
Free and open to the public
Winding Hours Practice © Anne Lloyd
Floating Above a White Draped Room is an exhibition of abstract paintings and richly-layered mixed media works by Anne Lloyd that explore connections between states of being through a process guided by intuition.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.” - Ovid
I’ve always been interested in in-between transitional spaces, not being one thing or another, but rather “on the way to becoming”. This facilitates an ongoing process of growth.
My work is inspired by books, music, other artists work, nature, and life. I read about a drop of water as the basis for stories across many lives over several centuries. Within these stories there’s a perspective of connectivity between all living things. I carry these ideas on a macro and micro level into layers of my work.
The paintings are intuitive, personal, and may evolve into a narrative. While the work appears lyrical and whimsical, there are personal underlying symbols. I create my own chaos, and then solve my way out. It’s a process that, at best, flows and self-directs. The work is built up in additive layers with paint and oil pastels using my hands, rags, sandpaper, or other tools to mark the surface.
My early work in photography and printmaking informs the work I make now in that the idea of the support system--the paper or canvas--becomes part of the final piece. The edges are important, as is the space around the image area.
Many of the pieces in this show were created or re-worked in the last five years. During the pandemic, with the sudden break in routine, it was possible to concentrate with greater continuity.
about the artist
Anne Lloyd received her BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology, and graduate degrees from Cornell, and Pace University.
She worked in publishing as a freelance artist in New York City, and taught art at the Wooster School in Danbury, CT.
Select solo exhibitions have been at Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NYC, NY; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva NY, and Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester Center, VT.
Group shows include Webb and Parsons Gallery, New Canaan, CT; Central Hall Gallery, New York, NY; Lincoln Center Gallery, New York, NY; Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY; Wooster School, Danbury CT; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT; Carlson Gallery at University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT; Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT; Albright Knox Museum Members Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; and Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester Center, VT.
Her work is in collections at Pepsico, Grey Advertising, Chemical Bank, International Bank of Korea, Aetna Life Insurance, The Chrysler Museum, and numerous private collections.
Lloyd currently lives in Brookfield, CT.
ABOUT THE GALLERY AT STILL RIVER EDITIONS
The Gallery at Still River Editions has hosted national and regional photographers and artists since 1989. In spring 2011, after a brief hiatus from exhibiting new work, the gallery returned to hosting up to four exhibitions a year. The Gallery's mission is to show traditional and digital prints of photographs and fine artwork, and to be a center of creativity and connection in the Danbury area.
The Gallery at Still River Editions is open during normal business hours 8:30 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday, and during posted hours for special events. The Gallery does not accept unsolicited submissions at this time.
