Ok, this painting is huge. I've spent sooo many hours on it. It's a painting I did for art class. It has a lot of symbollism and stuff. Let me explain:

First off, as you can see, they are in fact, flying bird cages. Ironic, no? To the left you can see a storm coming (moving to the right), so that's why all the bird cages are flying away from it (with the exception of the top right one, which is tring to come to a hulting stop, and the one that has no clue where it's going because it's covered up). Every object inside the cages represents something in a regular bird cage, but enlarged. So, the food is represented by sunflower seeds. Then the water is up top, the little stink the bird sits on is the giant tree, and the little tinker bells the bird plays with is the huge church bells in the top right. The cage closest (the angry bird) is the pet bird itself enlarged (into a hawk). Everything is cartoony in this painting (the style), on purpose (because you would never see flying cages in real life, lol). This whole piece is ironic because you'd think the bird and the rest would be free, because they are flying, but they really aren't because they are locked up in cages.

Many reference pictures were used. And I used many wing tutorials (some found here on DA!) for the wings, thanks guys! You would have to see the painting in person to get it's full colourful effect (my camera stinks). The sky is like, perfectly blended. And the details of the shadows of the bars on the tree and bells (even being so small). Well over 30 hours has been spent on this painting. Well over. Most time consuming thing I've ever done. But I am proud of it's outcome.

People asked me where I thought up of such an idea. I told them: "Well, I had to think up an art project idea, so I was sitting down one night, staring at my bird inside her cage (she looked so sad), then I got an idea of flying cages. Then I elaborated on the idea to get what I have today!"

You can see close ups of the painting, and also a shot with me in the picture (ugly day lol) for size comparison by clicking here:
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Personally, my favourite section of the painting would be the top of the cage, and the bars around it: [link]

(PS: no critting, because I've worked too many hours on this to change anything. x_x Plus, it's already done and I do NOT want to change anything on it, haha)
Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas.

I hope you enjoy it as much as everyone else at school seemed to! Tehehe. Thanks for viewing!

[update] Something pretty cool.. This painting as well as my self portrait got to go to the City Hall Art Gallery and is on display for about a month, representing my school. A few more paintings from my school also went. Yea, just to tell.