The Story behind <I Want To Draw a Bird>
*I Want to Draw a Bird* started as an abstract piece—one of those paintings that felt like it wasn’t quite finished, like it had more to say. Around the same time, people kept asking me what I saw in my abstract work, and that question stuck with me. It made me realize that I wanted to explore a new process—one where I could take abstraction and push it further, allowing others to see the stories I see within my paintings.
That’s how *Hidden Escapes* began. I started looking at my abstract pieces differently, searching for ways to bring out the images hidden inside. *I Want to Draw a Bird* was one of the first paintings where I leaned into semi-abstraction, introducing more recognizable forms while still keeping that spontaneous, intuitive energy.
As I experimented with semi-abstraction, I naturally began incorporating more defined imagery, and that’s where some of the more cartoon-like pieces in *Hidden Escapes* emerged. But no matter how the style evolved, the process has always remained the same—I start with an abstract painting, then step back and let the story reveal itself.
So behind every piece in *Hidden Escapes*, there’s an original abstract work still living underneath—waiting to be discovered.
