Birds of a Feather | Finished Artwork

This piece took shape slowly, and not always willingly.

Birds of a Feather began without a clear endpoint. Like most of my work, it started with a few lines, a loose idea, and a rule I often return to: fill the page. From there, it grew through accumulation rather than intention. Each stage revealed the next problem instead of a solution.

Along the way, there were wins and losses. Some decisions held. Others resisted, warped, or forced revision. The paper itself carries evidence of that resistance. Overworked areas, corrections, and compromises are not hidden here. They are part of the record.

What makes this piece different is not the result, but the way it was shared.

This is the first work where the full process unfolded publicly in short form as it happened. Each stage existed on its own, without knowing how the next would resolve. In that sense, the audience saw the same uncertainty I was working through. Nothing was backfilled after the fact.

Finishing the piece did not resolve every question it raised. It rarely does. But it did clarify something important for me. Process is not something that happens behind the work. It is the work. The finished image is simply where the movement stopped.

I plan to release a longer process video with commentary, not to explain the piece into submission, but to reflect on how it evolved and where it pushed back. Not as a tutorial. Not as a defense. Just as an honest accounting.

For now, this is enough.

The piece is finished. The learning continues.