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Connor McManus is a native of Lafayette Louisiana and is currently a senior at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, majoring in visual art and urban studies. Connor finds inspiration in the relationships between art, nature, music, and architecture. Primarily a painter, he also works in ink, digital images, sculpture and printmaking. Connor McManus C M www.connormcmanus.com

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Page 1: Connor McManus Artwork

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

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Mw

ww

.co

nn

or

mc

ma

nu

s.c

om

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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