THE LITCHFIELD COUNTY TIMES

Juxtaposing elements make Abbot-Tillou sculptures a hit in Washington show

By Jo Ann Jaacks

WASHINGTON DEPOT — On the foggy first day of February, the Gunn Memorial Library hosted an opening reception for Litchfield artist Jennifer Abbott-Tillou and her quirky one-of-a-kind pieces based on found relics of nature.

She said “Much of the work that I create is somewhat autobiographical. Conflict and the juxtaposition of beauty and pain are prominent in my work — combining something clean and modern with something corroded and rusty; something functional with something fanciful. Many of my sculptures have an element of constriction, yet moving parts freely flow, unselfconsciously moving in grace.”