My art is a kind of paper taxidermy. Through cut-paper collage, I break a bird down into its parts—wings, feathers, beak—before rebuilding it piece by piece. Unlike traditional taxidermy, my goal isn’t preservation, but perspective: inviting viewers to slow down, look closer, and see something familiar in a new way.

Much of my work is inspired by John James Audubon’s Birds of America. By dissecting his illustrations and reassembling them through cut-paper collage, I’m reimagining his legacy with a contemporary lens—one that invites viewers to see birds not just as specimens, but as living presences in our world today.