Portraits are not just likenesses, but works of art that engage with ideas of identity as they are perceived, represented, and understood in different times and places. Identity can encompass the character, personality, social standing, relationships, profession, age and gender of the portrait subject. These qualities are not fixed but are expressive of the expectations and circumstances of the time when the portrait was made. Artists produce portraits to explore their own psyches, represent their intimate circles, or serve as manifestos of artistic style or purpose. An observation of any two portraits of the same individual by the same (or different artists) reveals just how unstable the idea of likeness can be. Likeness is a problematic concept. While artists nearly always produce portraits with some hint of likeness of the individual, portraits also stress the typical, conventional, or ideal aspects of their sitters. In this particular examination, brother and sister collaborate in a series of personal family portraits. The portraits are reproduced from old family photographs found after these relatives had passed away. There are eerily similar features in the eyes and other details of the faces among the family that have been passed down from generation to generation. A sort of genetic map. Surrounding each bust, is a rich collage of images whose meanings are drawn from the infinite well of childhood memories. Themes of catholic symbolism and navy courage weave themselves in and out of these memories distorted in only the way that a child would understand. There are sacred hearts, angelic halos, and burning war ships throughout all of the portraits. The portraits become studies of how we perceive family through our own experiences.