and in the end…new yawk

and in the end…new yawk

wednesday: i finished the last portrait today. well, three exactly. but the series is done. introducing, blaine campbell, joe pegg and mary l.d. campbell. i also watched a great film about the photo league in NYC in the mid 1900s. beautiful work, incredible energy and...
amelia

amelia

tuesday: laura campbell, daughter of mother, sister of adolph blaine. this image was of both laura and blaine together, but i wanted to do more of a close up of her.  here’s a little history of wheeling, west virginia around the time the velvet photo album was...
status

status

sunday: john deafenbough. something i am noticing as i am doing these images is the differences in the richness of the clothing that they are wearing.  today’s assignment: draw someone you would like to have dinner with using pen and...
it’s a good thing

it’s a good thing

saturday: a beautiful day, warm in the afternoon, cool at night. and the northern mocking bird sings all night long. the time of year everyone in phoenix loves. here is john sisson and his mother, jennie. mother’s father has sister, elizabeth pegg, who married george...
research is over

research is over

friday: ada carroll is sister to lavinia, daughter of camilla campbell and patrick d. carroll. mother’s sister’s daughter.  i stopped trying to tell jake, my husband, about these intricate relationships because i know it’s not an area of interest for...