birds in boxes

hey everybody. thanks for taken a look at my work. my name is dan, but i like just calling everything i do birds in boxes. My subject matter will change, but the birds in boxes always seem to get in there somewhere. i think everyone of us is something unique, bound by something common. no matter how free you might like to think you are, there will always be that bill to pay, that fuel to burn, or that road to walk. So drawing a small bird in a square is the simplisit way i can convey how i feel, if only even just to remind myself. I have an obligation to be free, to think, and to love.....and those three things only seem to come together for me when im working on one of these paintings. I have never had and any sort of formal training in art, but i have been doing nothing but for a long time. At thirty one years old, i am just now starting to take my first steps in putting myself out there.....so i hope you enjoy what iv been working on. thanks.