Reflections Entry - Release

Hey guys <3 This is my 2015 "Let your imagination fly" reflections entry called Release <3 I originally drew this just as a fun art piece but I was not expecting to win first place visual arts in my grade for my school ;u;  

And this was my artists statement: 
The woman is an adult, with a dull and colorless atmosphere to reflect how adults are encouraged to forget their imagination because it's "childlike" and "fanciful" in nature. When she opens the dull cage containing her imagination, butterflies of all colors fly out, painting a sky and coloring wherever it touches because imagination is something that's supposed to make your world full of color. Such a small cage can release a whole sky's worth of imagination because imagination is vast and endless when it isn't incarcerated. The Butterflies symbolize transformation and rebirth, as now she's released from her gray cocoon and is reborn with her imagination.

Ahh I hope you guys enjoy <3 <3