Join us to celebrate Carly Weaver and her latest collection of artwork, Grackle Eclipse.
Closing Reception is Wednesday May 29th from 7 to 9p.
Carly Weaver attended James Madison University with BFA in painting and Texas Tech University with a certificate to teach blind people cane travel. She works and lives in east Austin with her 9 year old daughter, 5 chickens, a dog, a bunny and a goldfish.
About this series Carly shared, "Grackle Eclipse, a solo show at Hangar, is inspired by the solar eclipse that happened on my birthday, April 8 2024. On exhibit is all new work embracing a darker, celestial side of grackles with over a dozen originals including a giant grackle and new stained glass light boxes.
I have painted grackles since 2011 but I wasn’t always part of the grackle fan club. They ate all my dogs’ food, pooped all over my deck and I could nothing to deter them. Out of frustration, I started to do oil paintings of them on small wooden panels that I built myself. This seemed to do the trick and the grackles disappeared…at least temporarily. Call it a love/ hate relationship, my feelings lean more toward respectful cohabitation. Now painting grackles is bigger than me and larger than life spanning 5 feet in size. Grackles are an indelible backdrop to Austin culture that spur many emotive responses and continue to be an endless source of inspiration for me.
I am making 2024 a celebration of everything grackle from this solo show at Hangar, a collaborative design with Austin Public library featuring my grackles available on t-shirts, ornaments, totes, prints at the Central APL gift shop and the 16th year of “Grackle House” during Austin Studio Tour with multiple artists and music at my home studio in November."
In addition, to Grackle Eclipse, we have artwork from over 10 other artists on display in a variety of styles and mediums. We can't wait to see you!
