Michael McConnell "A Spirit of Independence" 8x10 painting
In observing my own anxieties and awkwardness, I create visual narratives that examine loneliness, responsibility, and choice. The work is an exploration of abstracted color and forms that create an environment for representational depictions of animals to reside in. The animals carrying their own associations and meanings combined with those of a more personal narrative. The stories unfold in the space between memory and nostalgia, and focus on the tension between youth and maturity.
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The maned wolf is considered aloof and secretive, sometimes avoidant, but steadfast and loyal once trust has been gained. As a guide it can teach us to follow our own path and not give in to the pressures to conform.
In observing my own anxieties and awkwardness, I create visual narratives that examine loneliness, responsibility, and choice. The work is an exploration of abstracted color and forms that create an environment for representational depictions of animals to reside in. The animals carrying their own associations and meanings combined with those of a more personal narrative. The stories unfold in the space between memory and nostalgia, and focus on the tension between youth and maturity.
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The maned wolf is considered aloof and secretive, sometimes avoidant, but steadfast and loyal once trust has been gained. As a guide it can teach us to follow our own path and not give in to the pressures to conform.
In observing my own anxieties and awkwardness, I create visual narratives that examine loneliness, responsibility, and choice. The work is an exploration of abstracted color and forms that create an environment for representational depictions of animals to reside in. The animals carrying their own associations and meanings combined with those of a more personal narrative. The stories unfold in the space between memory and nostalgia, and focus on the tension between youth and maturity.
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The maned wolf is considered aloof and secretive, sometimes avoidant, but steadfast and loyal once trust has been gained. As a guide it can teach us to follow our own path and not give in to the pressures to conform.
