The Transformation of Feathers,2009 Acrylic on canvas 193 x 152.4 cm (76 x 60 in) With talons for feet and feathers morphing into tarantula's feet and falling from the sky detailed with the heads of rapacious animals, Tapaya's bird is a fierce creature that towers over the scampering human figures that lay before it. The awareness in its eyes and the confident stance that it takes blurs the line between predator and protector.