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Dreamscapes by Nancy Gershman
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Artwork made from your most precious photos

I am extremely proud to have Nancy Gershman, a very talented photo collage artist, team up with me to bring you amazing artwork made from YOUR photos.

Nancy will work with you to select the special photos from your collection. She will learn from you why each picture is special to you and the story behind it. She will then use scans of those photos—and some from her vast library of images — to create the most meaningful and beautiful artwork you can imagine.

Read this article on how Nancy's work helps to heal the terrible pain of grieving.



“Wow! God only knows how you find inspiration and results so rapidly. The backdrop with the papers floating (seemingly up to heaven) is remarkable, plus the shadows underneath are such an amazing touch.... My goodness.....it is breathtaking! The picture is now so dreamlike and ethereal that the idea of Sydney and her grandfather having been together in the physical world [before he died], and that they remain together in a spiritual context (with him watching over her) is mind-blowing. When my mom got the photo-collage, she damn near lost her mind. She cannot stop talking about it. Before we hung up, her voice got all quiet and she said I just want to get into bed and curl up with my picture ..” - Michael M, client

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HONEYMOON KEEPSAKE
Baker and Dana had just returned from a triumphant bike tour of northern Italy. Baker's mother Pamela had all the secret codes to their vacation photos, and there were hundreds of them. So Nancy asked Pamela to select the most outstanding sights from each album.
Pamela's picks were the cappuccino; the long view of the Alps; the sheep; bathtub; and photos of Dana and Franke in their cyclist get-ups. The biggest trick was making it look like the newlyweds were hamming it up - together - in front of that heroic biker statue!

BIRTHDAY DREAMSCAPE
How do you say thank you to a sister who makes your kids birthday cakes that look like miniature dioramas? Nancy worked with Dawn to come up with the perfect homage: she put every cake along the top of a carousel because Dawn’s sister Stacy loved amusement parks. Other great details: a child’s painting of a rainbow worked into the sky, Dawn and Stacy as kids tucked into one of the carousel sleighs, and new heads for the little girls in their Mary Poppins and Minnie Mouse costumes!
CHRISTMAS DREAMSCAPE
Susan loves fun socks; her husband David loves cruises. So Nancy asked for childhood photos of Susan and David and sat them on Santa’s lap and then sat Santa on a beach. Nancy created a new pair of arms for David (to hold Susan so she wouldn’t slip off), dressed him in a Hawaiian shirt and gave Susan those striped socks! Susan writes: "This ROCKS!!!!" I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the process, the anticipation and the end result. Thank you from the bottom of my overflowing heart!"
HEALING DREAMSCAPE Simon was a Holocaust survivor; a secular man who read the Jerusalem Post religiously from cover to cover and had the strength to run the New York Marathon every year. What could be more fitting than the beautiful old etching of Mount Sinai selected as the backdrop for this commemorative photo-collage? The little girl cradled in his arms is his great-granddaughter - a beautiful impossibility - because Sydney was born after he passed away.

Dreamscapes from $48
This is of course, all custom work, and Nancy will be happy to quote a price for you. The fewer photos involved, the lower the price. Sample prices are $48 for work with 2 photos, $128 with up to 4 photos, $288 for work with 8 photos, etc. Included in the price is photo research (to find the perfect backdrop or "minutiae" to make the collage really pop), minimal photo-restoration (for historical photos) and photo-retouching (such as creating a second shoe)

To start the process for YOUR Dreamscape,

Folks, this is NOT just photo manipulation. It's the stories and emotion that flow from Nancy's artwork that will amaze you.

"Wishful reality."  That's what Nancy Gershman's photo-collages create from your photos. Nancy 's custom photo composites are, in the words of journalist Judith Weinstein, "so seamless, and yet seemly at the same time."  Maybe it's a surreal landscape where you at age 16, 31, 52 and 89 all appear to be playing together, sharing your favorite toys. Or maybe it's a healing dreamscape where we combine photos of favorite places, objects, animals and people in a completely unexpected way. There's a ton of reasons to commission art by photo collage artist Nancy Gershman: for

  • coming of age
  • corporate roast or centennial
  • big wedding anniversary or birthday
  • sympathy gift
  • or as a talking piece to put the family back together again

Nancy 's photocollages are not merely unique, personalized photo gifts. They are beautifully impossible works of art that look spectacular in a den or bedroom, in a dining room or even a lobby. They would be unbelievably meaningful for the family of someone in hospice or a residential home, or someone who's passed away. What kind of a memento are you wishing for? If it's art for your sake, Nancy Gershman is your collage artist.

HEALING DREAMSCAPE. A daughter wanted to reconcile the family after decades of abandonment - apparently by a father who had a serious case of Wanderlust and who converted to Buddhism shortly before his death. The painting drying on the clothesline represents the mother's creativity and practicality. Through it all, she was a source of strength, managing to bring up five children alone.
 
 
VALENTINE'S DAY DREAMSCAPE A loving wife had a vision for a very special valentine - a black and white portrait that would include her kids, her honeymoon, the Magic Kingdom and her in-laws as newlyweds (although now deceased). Placed in the hills, out in the beyond, Grandma and Grandpa appear to watch over this sublime scene like angels. When she first saw it, daughter Maria said ten times, "Daddy is going to cry." "He's very manly, very sensitive", adds Desiree of her husband. "Unusual for an Irishman. That's why I wanted to make it for him. A picture that says this is where he came from and this is where he's now".
Nancy calls these Dreamscapes: I think that's an excellent description!

To start the process for YOUR Dreamscape,

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