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Con
nor
McM
anus
is a
nat
ive
of L
afay
ette
Louis
iana
and i
s cu
rren
tly
a se
nio
r at
Bro
wn U
niv
ersi
ty in P
rovi
den
ce,
Rhod
e
Isla
nd, m
ajor
ing
in v
isual
art
and u
rban
studie
s.
Con
nor
finds
insp
irat
ion
in
the
rel
atio
nsh
ips
bet
wee
n a
rt,
nat
ure
,
musi
c,
and
arch
itec
ture
. P
rim
arily
a
pai
nte
r, h
e al
so w
orks
in i
nk,
dig
ital
imag
es,
sculp
ture
an
d
pri
ntm
akin
g.
Connor McManus
C
Mw
ww
.co
nn
or
mc
ma
nu
s.c
om
Med
ia:I
nk,
pap
er,
dry
-mou
nte
d
on
hea
vy
boa
rd
Siz
e:
78
x 48
Des
crip
tion
: Th
is p
iece
is
abou
t se
lf
insp
ecti
on,
iden
tity
. I
fou
nd t
hat
the
mor
e I
trie
d t
o pee
r in
to t
he
cente
r of
mys
elf,
the
mor
e fe
edbac
k I
got
from
the
act of
look
ing,
like
when
you
poi
nt a
video
cam
era
at t
he
TV t
hat
its
feed
ing.
The Observer
Med
ia:I
nk,
pap
er,
dry
-mou
nte
d
on
hea
vy
boa
rd
Siz
e:
78
x 48
Des
crip
tion
: I
was
tak
en w
ith t
he
idea
to
vis
ual
ize
the
forc
es o
f m
ovin
g up a
nd
dow
n i
n t
he
wor
ld.
In o
rder
to
mov
e up,
som
ethin
g m
ust
be
push
ed d
own--
thos
e at
the
bot
tom
hav
e sm
all a
mou
nt
of p
ower
and c
an a
ccen
d o
r fa
ll a
smal
l am
ount.
Thos
e fe
w a
t the
top h
ave
gre
at
pow
er t
o push
dow
n a
nd s
tay
ther
e.
I le
ft g
aps,
bec
ause
cla
ss a
scen
den
cy is
no
longe
r a
fluid
con
tinuum
. T
her
e ar
e har
d g
aps
that
are
gro
win
g bet
wee
n u
s.
Class Mobility
Med
ia:
Ink,
pap
er,
dry
-mou
nte
d
on
hea
vy
boa
rd
Siz
e:
78
x 48
Des
crip
tion
: Fo
r a
few
ye
ars
I w
as
lonel
y. I
sough
t co
mpan
ionsh
ip but
thos
e I
pin
ed f
or f
elt
not
hin
g fo
r m
e.
Som
e gi
rls
pin
ed
for
me
but
I fe
lt
not
hin
g fo
r th
em.
This
is
abou
t th
at
dyn
amic
an
d th
e th
ough
t pat
tern
s I
asso
ciat
ed w
ith i
t, p
arti
cula
rly
on t
he
par
t of
the
one
who
is l
ongi
ng.
In
the
pie
ce,
the
figu
re o
n t
he
left
str
ains
his
nec
k his
hea
d t
o w
atch
the
figu
re o
n
the
righ
t floa
t by
listl
essl
y.
Per
hap
s sh
e lo
ngs
fo
r so
meo
ne
else
w
ho
is
apat
het
ic
tow
ards
her
at
trac
tion
.
Longing & Apathy
Med
ia: A
cryl
ic o
n C
anva
s S
ize:
48 x
48
Des
crip
tion
: T
he
rors
chac
h p
ainti
ngs
wer
e a
way
for
me
to a
ppro
ach a
bst
ract
pai
nti
ng
in a
new
way
. I
rea
lized
that
rors
chac
h t
ests
and a
bst
ract
pai
nti
ngs
hav
e a
sim
ilar
funct
ion.
They
are
ver
y
open
to
in
terp
reta
tion
; th
ey
ask
the
view
er: w
hat
am
I?
And in
so
doi
ng
they
reve
al
som
ethin
g ab
out
the
view
er--
they
’re
real
ly a
skin
g “w
hat
are
you
?”
Rorsach 1: Synapse
Med
ia: A
cryl
ic o
n C
anva
s S
ize:
48 x
48
Des
crip
tion
: In
th
e ro
rchac
h se
ries
I
had
the
liber
ty t
o fo
cus
on c
olor
and
moo
d
while
le
ttin
g th
e ov
eral
l fo
rm
of
the
pai
nti
ng
hap
pen
on
it
s ow
n.
Rorsach 3: Parentheses
Med
ia: A
cryl
ic o
n C
anva
s S
ize:
48 x
48
Des
crip
tion
: I d
on’t
wan
t to
tel
l peo
ple
what
to
thin
k or
how
to
reac
t to
thes
e
pie
ces,
but
I th
ink
its
safe
to
say
that
this
one
has
a lu
sh w
arm
th t
o it
. T
her
e
is s
omet
hin
g lif
e-gi
ving
abou
t it
. I
see
bir
th.
May
be
you s
ee s
omet
hin
g el
se.
Rorsach 2: Lifeblood
Med
ia: A
cryl
ic o
n C
anva
s S
ize:
48 x
36
Des
crip
tion
: While
tra
velin
g th
e co
untr
y
I fo
und t
hat
for
all
the
diffe
rence
s in
regi
ons
and c
itie
s, b
ridge
con
stru
ctio
n
was
alm
ost
exac
tly
the
sam
e.
I lo
ve
pas
sing
under
them
and lo
okin
g up a
nd
seei
ng
the
pat
tern
s of
the
stee
l cr
iss-
cros
s.
I w
ante
d t
o m
ake
a pai
nti
ng
that
w
ould
bri
ng
this
en
ergy
out.
Bridge
Med
ia: A
cryl
ic o
n C
anva
s S
ize:
48 x
48
Des
crip
tion
: I
fell
in l
ove
for
the
firs
t
tim
e. Th
is r
efle
cts
the
amaz
ing
ener
gy
of
thos
e firs
t fe
w
mon
ths
wit
h
her
.
This
pai
nti
ng
is co
mpos
ed of
ab
out
15
por
trai
ts
obsc
uri
ng
one
anot
her
.
I as
soci
ate
the
com
pos
itio
n
wit
h
a dra
gon
risi
ng
from
th
e su
n.
H
er
war
mth
is u
nyie
ldin
g, m
y lit
tle
furn
ace.
She is with the Sun
Med
ia:
Cot
ton
Str
ing
and
M
etal
Hoo
ps
Siz
e:
18
x 18
x 18
Des
crip
tion
: I
beg
an m
akin
g Th
inki
ng
Cubes
. Th
ey ar
e ve
ry pea
cefu
l an
d
sile
nt.
They
ar
e so
met
hin
g to
re
st
your
eyes
on w
hen
you
loo
k up f
rom
the
com
pute
r nee
din
g th
e ri
ght
wor
d
or p
hra
se.
They
foc
us
your
visi
on a
nd
min
d
to
an
ether
eal
cente
r th
rough
whic
h
all
the
stri
ngs
pas
s.
A
nd
then
th
e ri
ght
wor
ds
com
e to
yo
u.
Thinking Cube #3
Med
ia: A
cryl
lic o
n C
anva
s S
ize:
36 x
48
Des
crip
tion
: I
view
en
ginee
ring
as
an e
xten
sion
of
nat
ure
. I
t ex
pre
sses
hum
an n
ature
like
spid
er w
ebs
expre
ss
spid
er-n
ature
.
This
pai
nti
ng
is
a pro
duct
of
New
Orl
eans-
-a s
har
k in
the
New
Orl
eans
aquar
ium
and t
he
rolle
r co
aste
r fr
om
the
def
unct
Ja
zzla
nd.
One
sits
, use
less
due
to K
atri
na
while
th
e ot
her
sw
ims
in a
n a
rtific
ial
tank
spon
sore
d b
y B
P. B
oth a
re m
an-m
ade,
bot
h a
re n
atura
l.
This
is
also
a s
elf-
por
trai
t.
I’ll
let
you
try
to
find
me.
Hintergedanken
Med
ia: A
cryl
lic o
n C
anva
s S
ize:
36 x
48
Des
crip
tion
: Th
is d
igit
al p
iece
is
of m
y
Bro
ther
’s il
k. It
cap
ture
s th
e co
lors
of t
he
Pac
ific
, the
text
ure
s of
the
tree
s th
ere
in
the
Nor
thw
est,
and it
illu
min
ates
a typ
e
of b
eauty
appre
ciat
ed b
y th
e unhin
ged
peo
ple
ther
e.
This
is
a por
trai
t of
my
bro
ther
and h
is f
rien
d a
nd t
hei
r w
orld
.
Olympias Breathing Trees