The Josie Baggley Company

Monday 25 January 2010

PleasureLand -Little Apples Will Grow Again Collage-Painting




This is a collage-painting that I completed a while back & it's only now that I've had photos of the full painting to show you.

'Pleasure Land-Little Apples Will Grow Again'

Handpainted detailing ,houses, trees,balloon ,apple,swirl design etc & then I've used 1917 music manuscript, 1950's magazine images ,old tea-stained lace,string and various other ephemera to create a concept randomly reflecting the world's general 'mood' so to speak,- a melting post of notions loosely as so..

Burst Balloon..it's all hot air...the bubble has burst The Church Café (detail)...solice...or not. Madonna and Apple(Centre detail panel)...The Big Apple (centre)..Stockmarket Crash...Forbidden Fruit...Man on Bended Knee(centre detail)..'what MORE can I do? Help me? Why? Now All are Sleeping (Houses) Burying our heads? Resting..waiting 'til all is calm?...recovering? Time...out of-? In-? -left?
Soul..depth
Love...strength
It's inevitable...that Little Apples Will Grow Again










18 comments:

MLBetterly said...

I just love your paintings, Rainey and this one is no exception! Love it!

julietk said...

Wonderful piece :-)

Jeanie said...

With every visit to your blog I become more and more enchanted. This only adds to that joy.

Fleur de Boheme said...

Hi Rainey, what a beautiful piece of work - again! How are you? I caught a bad cold and are sitting here sneezing and sniffing, lol.

If you want to see a really funny picture of Gustav the dog pop over to http://extravaganzzavintagetreasures.blogspot.com/, I have just updated it.

How is your dog adoption moving forward?

Love, Kirsten

Maggi said...

Wow, this is GORGEOUS!

Eva said...

Your work is wonderful! I found you through Bonnie Jones site and am thrilled I did. Fanned you on Facebook because Google FriendConnect is down right now :(

:D
Eva
Lady Artisan

mermaiden said...

I stopped by earlier but couldn't comment because I had to let this piece sit with me a while. It is really complex and emotionally intense. Its visual beauty just adds to the intricacy. I wish I could see it in person so I could really take it in, but it's left quite an impression on me.
clever, lovely lass :D

Unknown said...

i love this piece! so many fabulous layers-i love that you have built each on top of the other. it is so "ancient" yet is very much "today". gorgeous.
xo!

oldflowers4me said...

do you sip lemonade....

Rainey J. Dillon said...
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Rainey J. Dillon said...

only when I'm poked with a stick!

AutoDT said...

Simply beautiful!!!!:)

Have a nice day:)

Cyrus

Debrina said...

OMG Rainey! You are so totally AMAZING! This is a "I want to own it now piece!!!!". Is it for sale? I didn't check...I was too involved in the pictures!!!! OMG - did I tell you how much I love it??? Lol.
I am SO sorry for not recognising you on Facebook btw! Would you believe (with me, anything's possible!) I just call you Josie!! Duh. I've just updated my barter circle blog with the cool news about us floozies! What a hoot!

Anonymous said...

I love seeing the process you go through to create your magic, wow! You really did a fabulous job on this piece - love it!!♥

Christopher A. Klingler said...

Popping in 4 a belated howdy. :-)

SpOOky CK (-:

XOXO

Johanna Spinks said...

lurve it...

Weathered & Worn said...

Fantastic, I love it! Collage is one of my fav. things to do. Just wonderful!

Edie said...

This is just beautiful, Rainey~so many layers of art, and meaning...

(I thought your hands in the second pic were part of the piece at first, and was trying to wrap my brain around the significance...I need to go back to bed.)