Healing
Santa had the patience to wait for Sylvia
Total images from the family: 2 According to her bereavement counselor, Jane was taking her mother’s death quite hard, and packing up Sylvia’s belongings was becoming a big trigger for More »
Ava dreamed of becoming a flight attendant
Total images: 9 Alert and oriented but largely silent, Bella needed her daughter Alia to repeat my questions to her about what she would like in her Dreamscape. More »
When baking Tish’s life comes out clean and sweet
Total images: 9 Tish owes her 10 year recovery from anorexia to EMDR with psychotherapist Lauren Lazar Stern, and the emotional support she could count More »
Sarah is Mom’s go-anywhere cherub
Total images: 3 [Sarah, 2-years old, died from an inoperable brain tumor] It began as an early Mother’s Day gift: a photo purse that would More »
Amy & Carl’s baby boy in God’s inner tube
Total images: 9 This Healing Dreamscape was principally to be Carl’s anniversary gift. The “Joy of Fishing” theme would include Carl’s children from his first More »
Corey was in summer camp, in seventh heaven
Total images: 7 [Zindi’s 13-year old son Corey and her brother Laz died in a fatal car accident] Zindi has a “strong feeling” after their More »
David was dead set on singing in Wales
Total images: 6 George Estevez is David Mayer’s partner for 57 years, and then he’s gone, throwing David into a tailspin. Grief has made old More »
Annie’s spirit still leaves a trail at CBGB
Total images: 8 [Annie, 16 years old and an accomplished equestrian, died in a fatal car accident] Animals were also a big party of Annie’s More »
Brightness keeps Shirley sleeping like a baby
Total images: 12 Koot was murdered under murky circumstances; almost on the par of ancient Greek tragedy as his mother-in-law appears to have been implicated More »
Leah embodied her mask on the Grand Canal
Total images: 8 Leah’s mother spent 10 wonderful days in Italy with her college-age daughter. She wanted to commemorate that trip in the context of More »
Myrtle and Myrtis, two hearts beating as one
Doris tells the story about her half sisters Myrtle and Myrtis: “Myrtle and Myrtis were super close, like one person. They would know what each More »
Lucky coins fill Juan and Carmen’s wishing well
Juan and Carmen’s life began with a fairytale wedding in Mexico. After five decades of marriage Juan died first, followed by Carmen. In this remembrance portrait, their son More »
Rita still recalls Albert’s kiss, circa 1954
When Roy commissioned me to compose a 55th anniversary photo gift for his parents Albert and Rita, he definitely wanted a story to fit the More »
Playing carefree with the Babe and the babes
After the break-up, Peter said he didn’t want to celebrate holidays or birthdays anymore … that he didn’t feel sentimental about those things. Only moving More »
Thor and Vehar give Sandy time off to dream
Sandy S was her mother Edith’s sole caregiver after she suffered a debilitating stroke. Instead of enjoying her days as a stay at home mom More »
Oprah’s favorite things: books and spaniels
The Spaniel photo purse took shape when I decided to combine two of Oprah’s greatest passions – Solomon, her black Cocker Spaniel and books – More »
Wendy, once molested, now safe on the throne of God
Wendy W, twice abandoned by her mother and molested by a church member, is a study in human resilience buoyed by faith. Here Wendy details More »
Rita knows how to handle her Marlboro men
Roy knew his 81-year old mother was hooked on the idea of artistic photomontages because he saw how they “actually accentuated her happiness!” This was More »
Remy arr-arr-arr-ed like a seal
Joseph C, longtime master of his beloved and now deceased Schnauzer, Remington, wanted a fully human portrait to remember him by. Here Joseph describes what More »
Isabel is Maria’s greatest accomplishment
Isabel wished to create a gift for her mother in the spirit of a warm reunion as typically their relationship feels always on edge. Isabel More »
Encoded messages liberate Gerri from her regrets
A concerned friend noticed that Gerri was beginning to retreat from life as she neared her Big Birthday and imminent retirement. As an antidote, the More »
Point Breeze is now Lianne’s Shangri-La
Lianne S, an adult orphan and recovered alcoholic, is celebrating her graduation from addiction. Her serenity and introspection is profoundly evident as she describes the More »
Joel would rise from Arlington as a dragon
Total images: 4 Joel died before his time battling cancer. Initially his widow Elizabeth brought me a photograph of Joel. However we ended up creating More »
God gives Lety only what she can take
Total images: 10 [Lety M’s husband and 28-year old son Junior had already died from Huntington’s Disease. Janet, her 26-year old daughter, was now in More »
Annie is all curves on the family holiday card
Total images: 6 The solution to all the year’s mayhem was a holiday card. Annie’s mother explains: “Our older daughter, Annie, was just diagnosed More »
John finally gets quality time with Mom and Dad
Total images: 9 After his last parent died, John wanted to pay tribute. But not surprisingly for a male child from a large family, John More »
Craig would give his right arm to save Mark
Craig felt he had failed his childhood friend Mark after returning home from service in Afghanistan. Mark was being swallowed up by his addiction to More »
Chad would always be their Good Shepherd
Chad W, an openly gay man, wants his relationship with his paternal (Evangelical) grandparents to return to normal. Vexed that their homosexual grandson is now More »
Tolya’s death bed memory of his momma needed a refresh
Tolya’s mother, a cancer patient with dementia, undergoes a personality change with much paranoia and cursing. After her death – to refresh Tolya’s memory of More »
Susan, Sis and dogs on their fairytale stoop
In this custom memorial pet portrait, I’ve combined family pics into an art picture for love and healing. Elizabeth and Susan are like little Orphan More »
Afrin vs. Meat Ther-MOM-eter
Eccentricities can unite generations. In this Mother’s Day photomontage, mother and daughter come armed –: one with an Afrin bottle and the other with a More »
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