GOLDEN HOUR
McMeans is a full-time artist based in Austin with a passion for painting Sonoran Desertscapes. She is known for her cardboard three-dimensional relief work and hand-cut stencil prints evoking the muted psychedelia of the American Southwest—a region for which her love developed and deepened over 13 years as a touring musician. If her name sounds familiar, it likely is. In addition to her visual art, McMeans is also a songwriter and steel guitar player who toured nationally and internationally with her personal band Palomino, Brooklyn-based band Gangstagrass (Emmy nominees for the theme song to the FX series Justified), and her former group, The Lonesome Heroes (Austin).
Timberlake will have had a hand in all the work on display at Cloud Tree. Mid-pandemic 2020, she relocated from the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia to Austin and began assisting in McMeans’ studio. Her earthen-hued weavings will star alongside McMeans’ frames. Timberlake works from a homemade tapestry-style loom, employing both traditional wool yarns and found materials, like thrifted old sweaters and even her own clothing, which she upcycles into weavings. Her work has been featured in galleries across the Midwest. The exhibition opens October 8th, when you can meet the artists from 6-10pm, and will run through October 24th.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Friday, October 8th
6-10pm
Gallery hours are 11-6 M-F and 12-5 Sat/Sun
Booking your viewing is encouraged but we will also allow walk-ins
Masks required inside