Thursday Challenge: Free-for-All #1 -

"Sleep Tight"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... many people look forward to the new year
for a new start on old habits ..." - Anonymous

NEW from Drawing With Lieghlund Series -

"Hamburger and Fries"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

"... anybody who doesn't think that the best hamburger place in the world is in his own home town is a sissy ..."
- Calvin Trillin

Smile when you say that -

"An Assortment of Holiday Cheeses"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... worry is today's mice
nibbling on tomorrow's Cheese ..."
- Unknown

Hibernation -

"Bears"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... bears like boxes too, only it's hard to find one big enough ..."
- from: Bear in the Big Blue House

Suiting up -

"The New Suit"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, it greatly improves his appearance ..."
- Henry Ward Beecher

The day after -

"After the Picnic"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... partying is such sweet sorrow ..." - Robert Byrne

Christmas Morning 2009 -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As Santa's Shiftless Stepbrother"
digital collage by Mick Mather

MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Looking at the Reflected Light of Christmas"
manipulated digital photographs & collage by Mick Mather

"... Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart ..."
- Washington Irving

Lock your doors!

"Invaders"
digitally manipulated fractal flame & collage by Mick Mather

"... each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late ..."
- Thomas Sowell

Further -

"The Acid Takers Cocktail Napkin"
manipulated digital painting by Mick Mather
"...I've never had a problem with drugs,
I've had problems with the police ..."
- Keith Richards

NEW from The Mister Existence Series -

"Mister Existence Meets a Mean Dog"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the dog, to gain some private ends,
went mad and bit the man ..."
- Oliver Goldsmith

Away all boats -

"Heading Back Out"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I wish to have no connection to any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way ..." - John Paul Jones

Streamers -

"Purple Ribbon"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... life is a ribbon ..." - unknown

Illustration Friday: Undone -

"Undone"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

"... the whole point of getting things done
is knowing what to leave undone ..."
- Oswald Chambers

Thursday Challenge: Toys -

"Toys"
digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... the child's toys
and the old man's reasons
are the fruits of the two seasons ..."
- William Blake

"Where Angels Fear to Tread"
manipulated digital painting by Mick Mather

"... fools rush in ..." - Alexander Pope

NEW from The Chairs Series -

"Musical Chairs"
manipulated digital painting by Mick Mather

"... I had three chairs in my house;
one for solitude,
two for friendship,
three for society ..."
- Henry David Thoreau

Memphis, Tennessee -

"Hello Information"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the most interesting information comes from children, for they tell us all they know and then stop ..." - Mark Twain

Cool, cool water -

"Under the Limit"
digitally manipulated fractal flame & collage by Mick Mather

"... the two best times to fish
is when it's rainin'
and when it ain't ..."
- Patrick F. MacManus

NEW from Drawing With Leighlund Series -

"Party Crackers"
digitally manipulated drawing by Mick Mather
- original drawing by Leighlund Ruth Vincett -

"... weave goodness into your life ..."
- Triscuit Crackers Slogan

Illustration Friday: Hatch -

"The Hatch"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... down the hatch ..." - Unknown

Thursday Challenge: Writing -

"Writing"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil

is for good men to do nothing ..." - Edmund Burke

Into the deep wood -

"The Traditional Tree"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... before the ice is in the pools,
before the skaters go,
or any cheek at nightfall
is tarnished by the snow,
before the fields have finished,
before the Christmas tree,
wonder upon wonder
will arrive to me ..."
- Unknown

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait as a Burlesque Show Agent"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure ..." - I.F. Stone

De plane! De plane!

"Cubist Dancers in a Shadowbox Frame"
manipulated digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... those who dance are thought mad
by those who hear not the music ..."
- Unknown

Please, dress me -

"A Fabulous Pair of Shoes"
digital collage by Mick Mather
- submission to SusuPetal's Top Fashion Design Project -

"... remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels ..." - Faith Whittlesey

Horsefeathers!

"Feathering the Nest"
manipulated fractal flame collage by Mick Mather

"... far from the city's dust and heat,
I get but sounds and odors sweet,
who can wonder I love to stay,
week after week, here hidden away,
in this sly nook that I love the best,
this little brown house like a ground-birds nest ..."
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Illustration Friday: Crunchy -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As A Crunchy Cereal Maker"

digital collage by Mick Mather

"... breakfast cereals that come in the same colors as polyester leisure suits make oversleeping a virtue ..." - Fran Lebowitz

Thursday Challenge: Wood -

"Wood II"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
- click image to view full size -

"... I have little patience with scientists who take a board of wood, look for its thinnest part, and drill a great number of holes where drilling is easy ..."
- Albert Einstein

Tell the truth -

"Aunt Judy at the UFO Cover-Up Conference"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... how do I know? I was in charge! ..."
- Col. Philip Corso

These four walls -

"Little Houses"
manipulated digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had ..."
- Francis Bacon, Sr.