"Imaginary Ancestors": a series of digital collages. Mostly based on anonymous 19th Century portraits, which are then heavily manipulated and blended with my own imagery. Hover over images to read captions. Or click on any image to scroll through as a slideshow.

Where Henry was concerned, Elspeth felt the need to make her point rather forcefully

The masquerade

Ernestine lived in her own world much of the time

Annabeth was quite accustomed to being underestimated

Josephine was never far from Randall's thoughts

Today Abigail achieved a fragile calm

Clementine remembered Roger often

Charlotte was quite comfortable in the spotlight

Anthologist

Lucy & Letitia were never apart for long

The religious rites of that time were rarely witnessed by outsiders

Lessons of history

His views on gender were advanced for the time

Evangeline did not suffer fools gladly

Otto loved Wilhelmina & Clara with equal fervor

Walter's greatest fear was that he would be forgotten

The Bartholomew twins could never escape the shadow of their sordid past

Ernestine took her greatest secret to the grave

Quite evenly matched

When asked how many children he had fathered, Mad Dog Murphy's answers varied

Ectoplasm

Nocturne

Lunar sleep

She goes green

Portrait from memory

Unfinished business

Making cold calls 1

Making cold calls 2

Making cold calls 3

Louisa believed in the power of prayer

Edmund often surprised Dorothea

"A face to meet the faces"

Slow afternoon at the Head & Hair Museum

"Vesuvius at home"

Hermione showed me the world 1

Bernice made many men uncomfortable

Back in the day

Most days, Henrietta was satisfied with her station in life.

Lucretia was my favorite Aunt

Ruby & Fredericka did not mind being mistaken for sisters

The pleasure principle

Insomnia song

Quite evenly matched

Designated survivor / Mind's eye