Artists

Tim Mcmeans

Education & Formation

BFA
University of Texas at San Antonio
Drawing · Printmaking · Painting · Art History
Origin
Family of bookbinders, bakers, carpenters, machinists
Craft lineage — not academic, but precise
Began
Age 6 — watching his older brother draw
Lifelong practice from that moment
19 years
Visual Art Teacher — East Central High School
San Antonio, TX — parallel to studio practice

Selected Exhibitions

Ongoing
JG Art Gallery + Events
Bainbridge Island, WA
Ongoing
Horizon Fine Art Gallery
Jackson Hole, WY
Ongoing
The Copper Fox Gallery
35+
Group exhibitions — TX, NM, CA, CO
12
Solo exhibitions — TX, NM, CA, CO

Awards & Recognition

2020
Award of Merit — Texas Clay: 2020 Vision
Given by Paula Owen, President Southwest School of Art
2019
San Antonio Art League Museum President's Award
89th Annual Juried Show
2018
Weiss Vocelka Award
Yosemite Renaissance 33 — "The Energy and Memory of Place"
2018
Official Selection — Yosemite Renaissance 33
2017
Official Selection — Yosemite Renaissance 32
2016
Official Selection — Yosemite Renaissance 31
2016
Contributors Award I
86th Annual San Antonio Artists Exhibition
2011
Charles E. and Nancy Cheever Donor Award
81st Annual San Antonio Artists Exhibition
2006
Julian Onderdonk Memorial Purchase Prize
76th Annual San Antonio Artists Exhibition

Collections

National
National and international collections
Galleries
San Antonio · Woodlands TX · Bainbridge Island · Franklin TN · Jackson WY · Gleneden Beach OR

Process & Medium

Material
Smoke-stained paper on handmade wood frames
Then acrylic and ink — sealed. Actual smoke worked into paper.
Subject
Animals as symbolic subjects
Chosen for personal meaning — serve symbolic purpose in each composition
Statement
"Everything is connected and everything is intentional"
Memory informs concept and process

Works at JG

JG
A Swift and Flowing Renewal · Into The Mountain · Transcendental Meditation
On The Next Wind · Rising, Moving · There Will Be Time

Selected Works

On The Next Wind by Tim McMeans
On The Next Wind by Tim McMeans
Rising, Moving by Tim McMeans
Rising, Moving by Tim McMeans
There Will Be Time by Tim McMeans
There Will Be Time by Tim McMeans
A Swift and Flowing Renewal by Tim McMeans
A Swift and Flowing Renewal by Tim McMeans
Was There by Tim McMeans
Was There by Tim McMeans
Thoughts Run Deep by Tim McMeans
Thoughts Run Deep by Tim McMeans
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