Artwork: The Rare Yellow Bird, Elsewhere

The Rare Yellow Bird, Elsewhere
Freedom Is Not Real When Watched

Two rare yellow birds move through an open landscape, their presence marked by brightness and vulnerability. Though the space around them appears wide and free, their rarity places them under constant attention. Protection, here, becomes another form of boundary.

The work reflects on a quiet paradox: when movement is observed, freedom becomes conditional. To be watched is to be measured; to be protected is to be contained. The birds exist within visibility rather than openness, their flight shaped not by choice alone, but by scrutiny.

This painting suggests that freedom is not only about space, but about the absence of surveillance. Where watchfulness persists, freedom remains incomplete—allowed, but never fully possessed.

Rendered in Oil paint on repurposed packaging paper. The birds and plant are on leather.