Rubbernecking -

"An Accident Waiting to Happen"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident ..."
- Charles Lamb

Spilt!

"Mourning Coffee"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... a fig for partridges and quails,
ye dainties I know nothing of ye;
but on the highest mount in Wales,
would choose in peace to drink my coffee ..."
- Johnathan Swift

The artist speaks -

"The Stressed Series - A Book"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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I'm fast approaching the upload limit at my flickr page and am in the process of taking a few sets down. Here's the cover of a booklet now available as a FREE pdf download ... click here for a bonus image created as a post to announce the freebie. - Mick Mather

A drab coat -

"The Patternmaker II"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... as the pattern gets more intricate and subtle, being swept away is no longer enough ..."
- unknown

The Underdogs -

"Keep Calm and Carry On"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"...I never worry about action, only inaction ..."
- Winston Churchill

Illustration Friday: Rescue -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Flying A Rescue Flag"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions ..."
- The Bible

Thursday Challenge: Black & White -

"Black & White III"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... if everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?' ..."
- John Wayne

You can count me out -

"Revolution Nine Again"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... every generation needs a new revolution ..."
- Thomas Jefferson

On the street -

"World of Graffiti I"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I am attracted to anything made by hand ..."
- Martha Cooper

Cut the cake!

"Happy Birthday to Me"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... they say that age is all in your mind; the trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body ..."
- unknown

When in doubt, read the instructions -

"Busy Work I"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... the busy bee has no time for sorrow ..."
- William Blake

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As A Sliding Scale"
digital collage by Mick Mather

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"... justice turns the scale,
bringing to some learning through suffering ..."
- Aeschylus

Illustration Friday: Expired -

"Expired"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire ..."
- Thomas Paine

Thursday Challenge: Round -

"Round"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... we dance 'round in a ring and suppose,
while the secret sits in the middle and knows ..."
- Robert Frost

NEW from The Birdhouse Series -

"Birdhouse XX"
digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... you can cage the singer but not the song ..."
- Harry Belafonte

Get it on -

"Bang a Gong"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather
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"... well, you're windy and wild
you got the blues in your shoes and your stockings ..."
- Marc Bolan

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As A Series of Internet Icons"
digital collage by Mick Mather
"... the world has lost its quintessential romantic icon ..."
- David Ansen

Fiddling with shape & color -

"Bottom Right"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will ..."
- John Sterling

NEW Series: As Seen On TV -

"Channel One"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... if it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching TV by candlelight ..."
- George Gobel

Illustration Friday: Subterranean -

"Subterranean"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises ..."

- Sigmund Freud

Thursday Challenge: Accidental Photography -

"Accidental Photography"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... it's the nasty and the accident that form the foundation for elegance that comes later ..."
- Nick Bantock

A virtual walk -

"A Walk in the Park"
graphic design & collage by Mick Mather

"... and I've been walking 'round with memories way too long ..."
- Iris Dement

I am, therefore I think -

"The AI Refitting Shop"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law ..."
- Isaac Asimov

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As An Event Ticket"
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graphic design by Mick Mather

Well now, it's been a while since we've chatted like this and I feel the need to alert those of you with the time and the facility that it's Birthday Time! As you can see, the "2 weeks before" celebration period begins today. Also, as you can see, following the red letter day we have the "2 weeks after" celebration period to afford you full calendar jet setters plenty of time to make arrangements. So, each of you please pick a place, date and time and let's P-A-R-T-Y!

As always, presents would be nice!

Fly like an eagle -

"Design for an Art Deco Gargoyle"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... he paused, surveying the landscape around,
waiting for what he knew would come soon,
as the sun slipped beneath the ground,
up came the blood red hunters moon ..."
- Teo Tze Ping
from "Hunt for the Demon"

THIMK!

"An Idea"
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digitally manipulated tempera-on-paper painting by Mick Mather

"... don't worry about people stealing your ideas; if they're any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats ..."
- Howard Aiken

Illustration Friday: Brave -

"Brave"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... he who is brave is free ..."
- Seneca

Thursday Challenge: High or Low -

"High or Low"
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manipulated digital photograph & digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... Oh sleep! Come sleep, the certain knot of sleep, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the indifferent judge between the high and low ..."
- Sir Philip Sidney

Thinking back -

"The Time Travelers Daughter"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... no time like the present ..."
- Mrs. Manley

NEW from The Mister Existence Series -

"Mister Existence With the Dog on His Shoulder"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, he will make a fool of himself too ..."
- Samuel Butler

A breathing, smoking thing -

"Powerless Before the Living Beast"
digital collage by Mick Mather
"... fire destroys that which feeds it ..."
- Simone Weil