Lloyd Harold Anderson

“Sculpture can be magic,” Lloyd said of his illusionary sculptures. A spiral of smoke that becomes a swirling female figure. A mountain vista turns into a reclining woman, or a saber and a snake that coalesce into an Arab coffeepot. And like his sculptures Lloyd was many different things seen from different angles.

From his earliest days as a child in Kansas, Lloyd was creating. Whether drawing submarines, buildings, motorcycles, or spaceships his creations were never mundane or traditional - a characteristic that carried into his adult and professional life designing “architectural sculptures and sculptural architecture” from palaces to public buildings in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, France, England, Spain, Lebanon, Morocco and the United States -- including one swirling nautilus-shell playhouse for his children in Golden, Colorado.

Born in Wichita in August 1945 Lloyd spent most of his young life in southern Kansas, graduating from Winfield High School. He went on to study architecture at Oklahoma State University where he met Linda who would become his wife for 57 years until her passing in 2023. Together they moved to Boulder, Colorado where they started a family and Lloyd received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Colorado in 1970.

He began his architectural career as a Design Associate with Charles Deaton while still in school and in 1971 went to work for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as a Conceptual Design Architect working on visitor centers, educational facilities, and government office buildings.

In 1976 he packed up his family and moved them to Jeddah where he served as the Director of Design for Zuhair Fayez Associates, giving him the opportunity to hone his sculptural-architecture skills creating palaces, museums, and other structures that were all truly works of art. At the same time, he provided his children an education and worldview, along with a love of travel, that has never diminished. Returning to Colorado, because he couldn’t stay away from the mountains, he and Linda settled in Lakewood where they lived for the remainder of their days. He continued his career as an architect but gradually shifted his focus toward the sculpture that was his ultimate passion. Over the next 40 years he created abstract figurative sculptures in wood and bronze as well as monumental sculptures for private residences and commercial spaces.

Lloyd was well known amongst the Colorado art community. For 13 years he participated in the Loveland annual Sculpture in the Park show, 7 years with Denver’s Joy of Sculpture, and was part of so many other exhibitions from the local to international, a small sampling of these includes: The Royal Academy of Art’s Summer Exhibition in London, 1995; the Art of Squash in Evergreen in 1996 and 1998; Beverly Hills’ Affaire in the Gardens in 1999; the Visiting Artists Series with the Art Students League of Denver in 2004; Abstracting the Figure in 2009 and Capturing the Spirit in 2010, both in his hometown of Lakewood; and the Annual All Colorado Art Show in Greenwood Village in 2010.

When Lloyd wasn't sketching or sculpting you could find him soaking up the sun on his back porch while enjoying the peacefulness of the greenery and wildlife in the ravine below. He also greatly enjoyed time with family and the sparkle in his eyes was never greater than when he spent time with his grandchildren. They brought out his inner child and one tradition he started was seeking out some new toy every holiday season that he could enjoy with the grand 'kids', be it a remote-control car or flying pig.

Lloyd was predeceased by his wife Linda Jane Anderson in 2023, and is survived by his daughter Tadari Ahles and her husband, Frank Martinez; his son Dirk and his wife, Lori; five loving and devoted grandchildren — Cale Anderson, Kinsey Anderson, Gabriella Ahles, Grace Ahles, and Liliana Ahles; as well as his sister Jan Carder and brother Jerry.

A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, June 29, 2025 at the home of his son. For additional details please contact the family at anderson@sevendeep.net.

Donations may be made in memory of Lloyd to the Alzheimer’s Association at:

http://act.alz.org/goto/LHAnderson