This piece was done for a contest at my school, the theme was vague - The Animal Within. I chose a caged bird. I remember starting this piece over and over, I had so many ideas that weren't turning out no matter how much I worked on them, I got lost in the details and technique completely forgetting about the message until I doodled this in my sketch book quite randomly, a couple hours of quick colors later and I had my piece finished.
This is beautiful, emotional, and has so much meaningful content at first glance and not to mention masterfully done. Thank you for sharing this with us.