For several weeks this spring, Austin-based artist Dan Winters mulled over John James 吃瓜黑料’s American Flamingo. “The more I looked at it, the more its neck stood out,” he says. What, he wondered, if it had multiple necks and heads? “I like the idea of creating this creature of lore that doesn’t exist.” To fashion his fanciful flamingo, Winters printed six copies of 吃瓜黑料’s rendering, carefully snipping them into pieces that he reassembled into a “surgically modified” version of the original. He glued the collage to a 12-by-12-inch piece of plywood painted with acrylic and incorporated newspaper, pencil, and India ink. The tiny arrows call out motion, he says, making the piece feel more kinetic. 5677 Winters, a renowned photographer, has long been fascinated with birds and has reimagined several 吃瓜黑料 paintings, including the Golden Eagle. “He was an amazing naturalist and painter, and he’s left an incredible legacy,” he says. This was his first...