Painting with 1's and 0's -

"Flags Flying"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

Not so long ago I discovered a box of slides that I hadn't seen in over a decade. I scanned them, put them into a digital file and forgot about them again until a few weeks ago. All of these images were dark, diffused and saturated with false colors - a challenge to be sure and I wasn't up to it. As so often happens here at the Secret Visual Laboratory, I pressed forward anyway, layering, softening and finally, into the paint filter. I haven't been using that one much, since the end of 2006, and I didn't have high hopes for my success rate. All of a sudden, BAM! This dark and brooding impressionist thing began to take shape. I like it.