Bird in Contemplation | Original Art | Illustration
Medium: Mixed media – Ink, Watercolour, Acrylic
Style: Abstract, expressive, emotionally introspective
Techniques: Soft brushwork, layered washes, delicate mark-making
Palette: Muted greys, soft yellows, and subtle pink undertones, evoking a sense of stillness and thought
Key Features: A deeply symbolic composition exploring inner reflection, quiet strength, and the tension between control and freedom
Description:
Created during Chapter 2 (2020 - 2023), this piece is part of the Versions of Robert Collection—a deeply personal body of work reflecting my journey through my mother’s stroke, dissociation, and eventual dementia. This period of my life involved immense inner soul work, each piece acting as a page in a diary, accompanied by a poem or story.
“Bird in Contemplation” represents a moment of pause, reflection, and quiet strength. The piece explores the internal dialogue of love, control, personal power, flight, and freedom—the balance between holding on and letting go.
A bird sits in stillness, caught between the weight of thought and the call of the sky.
What is he thinking?
What holds him back?
What drives him forward?
A piece about the mind, the heart, and the courage to take flight.
Details:
- Size: A4 Illustration
- Material: Mixed media on paper
- Unframed
- Original, signed by the artist
- Limited Edition Giclée Prints Available – 150 prints total across three sizes, including the original size
Bird in Contemplation | Original Art | Illustration
by Robert Paul:
Bird in Contemplation
..
What is he thinking?
Love
Control
Being in his own power
Flying
Freedom
..
