In my printmaking and in my Scrolls, I use my photographs to create compositions. These work samples are screenshots from my Scrolls and samples from my printmaking that demonstrate how I use my photographs in my different mediums.

This project also shows two family photos, and images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope used in my self portrait with permission.


  • Suddenly the Child Was Old: Self Portrait
    Suddenly the Child Was Old: Self Portrait
    "Suddenly the Child Was Old" (Self Portrait) - Digital Photo Composition, Pigment Print on Watercolor Rag - 26 x 36 inches - 2017. As a child in a cult I discovered that my own perception of linear time was a construct, and therefore something I could deconstruct in order to survive. A photo of my five-year-old self is surrounded by my own photos, elements of photo compositions I would create in the future as I expanded into new areas of artistic exploration and deconstruction. I also used photos from NASA and Hubble Heritage Team to create the background.
  • Photo of Rose Anderson as a child.
    Photo of Rose Anderson as a child.
    This is a photo of me at five years old, taken by my aunt. I used this photo for my self portrait "Suddenly the Child Was Old".
  • Screenshot from Scroll 'A Thing of Transcendent Beauty' With Two Grackles in a Mating Dance
    Screenshot from Scroll 'A Thing of Transcendent Beauty' With Two Grackles in a Mating Dance
    This is a screenshot of my Interactive Scroll "A Thing of Transcendent Beauty". It shows a photo of two grackles in a mating dance, which I also used in my print "The Wreck of the Inevitable" to represent oppressive ideas about marriage and gender roles.
  • Photo Composition 'Wreck of the Inevitable' With Grackles in a Mating Dance
    Photo Composition 'Wreck of the Inevitable' With Grackles in a Mating Dance
    Title: Wreck of the Inevitable - Medium: Digital Photo Composition from Digital Photography, Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Watercolor Rag - Size: 24 x 36 inches - Year: 2017. The work is an abstract representation of the story in the Scroll "A Thing of Transcendent Beauty" and uses my photo of grackles in a mating dance.
  • Screenshot from Scroll 'From There to Here' with Baltimore Row Homes
    Screenshot from Scroll 'From There to Here' with Baltimore Row Homes
    Screenshot from digital interactive scroll "From There to Here", showing my photograph of Baltimore row homes.
  • Baltimore Row Houses in my Photo Composition 'In the End'
    Baltimore Row Houses in my Photo Composition 'In the End'
    My photograph of Baltimore row houses used as an element in my photo composition "In the End" as a backdrop for the decaying riches of slaveholders.
  • Screenshot from Scroll John O'Donnell of Baltimore: A Historical Account
    Screenshot from Scroll "John O'Donnell of Baltimore: A Historical Account"
    Screenshot from Scroll "John O'Donnell of Baltimore: A Historical Account", showing the statue of John O'Donnell and part of the generally accepted narrative of this historical figure.
  • The Accounting of Canton Plantation
    The Accounting of Canton Plantation
    "The Accounting of Canton Plantation" - Digital Photo Composition, Pigment Print on Watercolor paper - 24 x 36 Inches - 2019. I recontextualized my photo of the statue of John O'Donnell of Baltimore, who owned around 70 enslaved people at the time of his death in 1805. The statue was removed in 2021.
  • An Old Family Photo
    An Old Family Photo
    A family photo of my mother, circa 1960, which I used in my photo composition "Cult of the White Madonna".
  • Cult of the White Madonna - Portrait of a Slaveholder
    Cult of the White Madonna - Portrait of a Slaveholder
    My photo composition "Cult of the White Madonna". I have replaced a statue of the Virgin Mary with a mother and child statue created as a comissioned portrait for a slave-holding family.
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