Ragnhild Bollaeren and Family (Oil on Canvas)

Artist Annika Finne describes the feeling of looking at photographs of dead ancestors as strange and paralyzing. She uses portraiture as a way to capture and process that feeling.

Sarah Link (Oil on Canvas) is a haunting portrait by Rhode Island-based artist Annika Finne. She tells Dr. Hurley that she uses portraiture as a way of better understanding her subjects.