Feb 19, 2010

Little Immensities


copyright by Marsha Jorgensen 2/18/10. All rights reserved. You may not copy, download, print, or use this image in any way without my permission.

This is an 8 x 10 collage using a face from flickr's Very Good with Computers, a main body from lisasalteredart.etsy.com, legs from my own vintage postcard, wings from greatmusings.com, shoes scanned and altered from a magazine, hair and headpiece from a found vintage picture in the public domain, and an elephant from the Library of Congress. The background is from flickr's 'Playingwithbrushes', the ruler is from flickr's Ha! Designs - ArtbyHeather, the top scalloped piece is from designer Sande Krieger of Two Peas in a Bucket, and the black and white border is from Crowabout.etsy.com. All pieces were reprinted, hand cut with scissors, and hand colored with ink and pastel.

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22 comments:

BlueRidgeLady said...

This is sooo pretty Marsha! The wings are beautiful, and I just love your work so much. So good to see your in the studio and to have you back! Enjoy your weekend! Big hugs!

glitterBugStudios said...

it's wonderful Marsha & I hope you find your art therapeutic. xoxo Tracey

Kim Mailhot said...

Beautiful comeback, brave One ! I have a feeling that love, art and your incredible strength will have that elephant shrinking more and more each day...
Big love to you !

Sharon said...

Wow! What a great comeback. I wish you well in "your get it back together stage".

NancyB said...

Pure magic! I so love the way you express yourself! One incredible comeback! Welcome back! And thank you so much for your lovely comment!! xoxo

Sandy said...

Oh wow what a dream.
This is incredible. Fantastic creation.

Julia said...

Marsha , I'm so happy that you're back and with such a fantastic artwork !

Shay said...

I love your stuff, absolutely gorgeous.

Carrie Hudson Peralta said...

Glad to have you back! You were missed deeply and I thought of you so much! Take your time....the sun will shine again soon! ~hugs to you~

Ragamuffin Gal said...

First of all ~ great to have you back creating new wonderful art.
The face really accentuates the saying you've chosen to go with it. And finally, thanks for being such a source of inspiration for me every time I come over to visit.
Blessings!

Muckypup said...

Marsha, this is fantastic. You always get such fantastic perspective and depth in your work. I am sooo jealous! Good to have you back.

Theresa Grdina said...

OMGOSH. This is beautiful!!! I simnply love it! Welcome back and may you find healing through your art.

Kathy-Catnip Studio said...

Your new work is gorgeous, and the imagery perfectly supports the sentiment.

Sleepandhersisters said...

I love the elephant... so cute tucked under her arm.

Shannon said...

Such beautifully detailed work. It's amazing to me when I read about where you get everything (hair, legs, shoes, face.... and so on). You literally build the character from the ground up, and what an amazing job you do of that. So nice to see that your up to making art. Maybe your artwork will in some small way help to ease the pain of your grief. Take care!

Amy said...

So glad to see you back! I wish you well in heart healing time. Only way to eat that elephant is one piece at a time, one day at a time. Very apropos. Your comeback piece is beautiful, lovie.
Take Care -A

Laura Haviland said...

Marsha your back and fabulous as ever. Welcome back my friend.
Hugs,Laura. xoxx

lilylovekin said...

Glad to see you have found the time to create again. I love the blue wings, I've been drawn to blue this past while. It is a lovely color.

Gaby Bee said...

It's good to see you back, Marsha! Your newest creation is fabulous in every way!
Gaby xo

Cathy Spivey Mendola said...

Wow! You mad e great comeback with this piece. She's beautiful. Love the colors and the fact that she's carrying such a 'heavy load'. I know that the past few weeks/months you've also been carrying a heavy load and I can see that this piece is helping you to heal.
Art is an even greater healer than time in my opinion.
So keep on making these beautiful pieces and working your way back to normalcy.
hugs,
cathy

Marit said...

Beautiful piece Marsha! Good to see you creating...!

Janny said...

Great to see you back, great piece!