she looks like an angel

that's what my niece said about the photo i used for this collage. i made this collage for my mother last year for her 81st birthday. when i was 19, our house burned down and we lost virtually everything, including most of our family photos. a lot of my work now uses the few pictures that remain -- especially art meant as gifts for my family.

my sister is, in reality, more devil than angel -- but that runs in the family. an old family friend used to call my sisters and me the "evil triangle." with all due affection, of course.