NEW from the Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist In An Irish Linen Factory"

digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... I shall do all that in me lies to discourage the woolen manufacture in Ireland, and to encourage the linen manufacture there, and to promote the trade of England ..."
- King William III

Illustration Friday: Artificial -

"Beauty Queen"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... Russian girls are prettier than American girls ..."
- Anastasia Somchyk

Thursday Challenge: Blue -

"Blue Door and River"
photo montage by Mick Mather
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"... Oh! 'Darkly, deeply, beautifully blue',
as someone, somewhere sings about the sky ... "
- Lord Byron

After office hours -

"The Office"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I have never liked working; to me a job is an invasion of privacy ..."
- Danny McGoorty

Information central -

"The Multitasker"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... a computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour, tasks which were completely unnecessary before ..."
- Unknown

Be fruitful and multiply -

"Seedpod to the Universe"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... happiness held is the seed,
happiness shared is the flower ..."
- Unknown

Ho - Ho - Ho!

"Christmas in July 2010"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... to my enemy, forgiveness,
to my opponent, tolerance,
to my friend, my heart,
to my customer, service,
to all, charity,
to every child, a good example,
to myself, respect ..."
- Oren Arnold

Pass the ammunition -

"Heavy Duty"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... they keep saying, 'the right person will come along', I think mine got hit by a truck ..."
- Unknown

Illustration Friday: Double -

"Selfportrait of the Artist In A Double Breasted Suit"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... if honor be your clothing,
the suit will last a lifetime;
but if clothing be your honor,
it will soon be worn threadbare ..."
- William Arnot

Thursday Challenge: Hot -

"Another Hot Summer Day"
photo montage by Mick Mather

"... love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures' will ..."
- Alexander MacLaren

You say you want a what?

"Revolution One"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... you say you'll change the constitution,
well, you know,
we all want to change your head ..."
- The Beatles

I'll take the high road -

"Portals of Hugh Everett's Relative State"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... the universe is flat ..."
- Mick Mather

As Seen on TV Series -

"Channel Four"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn't have in your home ..."
- David Frost

Cut, tear & paste -

"Scribbles & Dancers"
collage by Mick Mather
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"... I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life ..."
- Spalding Gray

NEW from the Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As A Valid Acquisitioner"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... the substantial cuts in emissions we are going to have to make, there are only two ways to do it - taxation or rationing ..."
- David Fleming

Illustration Friday: Breakfast -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Eating Breakfast"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... it takes some skill to spoil a breakfast,
even the English can't do it ..."
- John Kenneth Galbraith

Buried Treasure 2010 -

"Late October Storm"
photograph by Mick Mather

Seth Apter is at it again this year as Buried Treasure 2010 links can be found at his fine blog, The Altered Page. Even though today is the official date to upload artwork that you've posted on your own blog in the past, I'm sure you can still get in on the fun. This particular image is a re-post of one of my own favorites from last year with apologies to SusuPetal whose summers are entirely too short! It hails from a series of photos taken just as a spitting, spluttering snow storm blew through Central New York State one late October afternoon some years ago. Enjoy ... and be sure to visit the Treasure Chest 2010 link at Seth's blog to see what other artists have uncovered from their image vaults.

NEW from The Mister Existence Series -

"Sister Existence Dressed for Success"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the road to success is always under construction ..."
- Lily Tomlin

NEW from the Broad Road Walk -

"The Large Pines"
manipulated digital photographs by Mick Mather
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"... beware the pine trees withered branch,
beware the awful avalanche ..."
- Henry Wodsworth Longfellow

I wish I may, I wish I might -

"Losing His Star Power"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... I saw you in the ocean,
I saw you in the sea,
I saw you in the bathtub,
oops! pardon me ..."
- unknown

Thinking back, moving forward -

"Reflections"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some ..."
- Charles Dickens

Struttin' down the boulevard -

"Fine Points of Fashion"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... there's never a new fashion but it's old ..."
- Geoffrey Chaucer

Illustration Friday: Diary -

"Diary"

collage by Mick Mather
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"... the horse I bet on was so slow,
the jockey kept a diary of the trip ..."

- Henny Youngman

Thursday Challenge: Sports -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As A Football Card"

digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... the reason women don't play football is because eleven of them would never wear the same outfit ..."
- Phyllis Diller

Walking as an arts practice -

"Bog Walk I"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... how dreary to be somebody,
how public, like a frog,
to tell your name, the live-long June,
to an admiring bog ..."
- Emily Dickenson

Windows of the soul -

"House of Blue Lights II"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... lace up your boots and we'll groove on down
to a knocked out shack on the edge of town ..."
- Merrill E. Moore

Weaving a landscape -

"Tapestry"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... it's the little things that make up the richest part of the tapestry of our lives ..."
- Robert Ward

4th of July -

"Born on the 4th of July"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA

Cataloged -

"Wallpaper Sample X"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... after years of marriage I'm sure of two things: first, never wallpaper together, and second, you'll need two bathrooms, both for her ..."
- Dennis Miller

Illustration Friday: Giant -

"Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... fee-fi-fo-fum,
I smell the blood of an Englishman,
be he alive, or be he dead,
I'll grind his bones to make my bread ..."
- Joseph Jacobs

Thursday Challenge: Home -

"Birdhouse XXI"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... every house where love abides
and friendship is a guest,
is surely home, and home sweet home,
for there the heart can rest ..."
- Henry Van Dyke