Illustration Friday: Cocoon -

"Cocoon"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere ..."
- James Russell Lowell

Thursday Challenge: Face -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As A Lecturer II"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the smile on your face
let's me know that you need me,
there's a truth in your heart
that says you'll never leave me,
and the touch of your hand says
you'll catch me whenever I fall ..."
- Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz

Cocktails! Cocktails!

"The Martini"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini ..."

- Robert Benchley

High rise -

"On the Street Where You Live"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I have often walked down this street before
but the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before ..."
- Alan Jay Lerner

High flyers -

"Radio Control"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... liberty is the prevention of control by others ..."
- Lord Acton

The great unwashed masses -

"Patriots Roused From Their Slumbers"
digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak ..."
- John Adams

You may already have won!

"Mister Existence Receives an Urgent Notification"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... every winner has scars ..."
- Robert N. C. Nix

Illustration Friday: Ahead -

"Ahead"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... all has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead ..."
- Anna Akhmatova

Thursday Challenge: Food -

"Food"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... food is our common ground, a universal experience ..."
- James Beard

To market, to market -

"The Shopping Cart"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise ..."
- Benjamin Franklin

A New FREE download available -

"Stressed Bonus"
digitally manipulated stressed paper collage by Mick Mather

The FREE pdf download for "The Stressed Series - A book" is now available. At the end of March I mentioned that I'd let all of you know when and today is it. The image above is a bonus created for this post and doesn't appear in the book ... please enjoy both.

Work, work, work -

"Turn To"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn ..."
- Earl Nightingale

De drain! De drain!

"A Mesh Covering"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment ..."
- James Gould Cozzens

Have a Danish?

"Danish Modern Stacking Tables"
digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house ..."
- Henry Ward Beecher

Illustration Friday: Detective -

"Detective Finds 50-Foot Woman"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth ..."
- Arthur Conan Doyle

Thursday Challenge: Green -

"Tall Grass"
photograph by Mick Mather

"... sitting quietly,
doing nothing,
spring comes,
and the grass grows by itself ..."
- Zen Proverb

Considering the spring line -

"Buyers Notebook"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... 'it is naught, it is naught', saith the buyer; but when he is on his way, then he boasteth ..."
- The Bible

Paying attention -

"The Mysterious Lurker"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... there's a snake lurking in the grass ..."
- Virgil

Round and round she goes -

"Wheel of Life"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"...Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where's the reverse gear? ..."
- Jack London

Opportunity knocking -

"The Manager's Apprentice"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... always two there are, a master and an apprentice ..."
- Yoda

Fly, fly away -

"Catch the Wind"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
- original photograph by Ann Ballard -

"...to feel you all around me,
and to take your hand, along the sand,
ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind ..."
- Donovan

Illustration Friday: Linked -

"Linked"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... every separation is a link ..."
- Simone Weil

Thursday Challenge: Small Animals -

"Leighlund's Cat"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... there are no ordinary cats ..."
- Colette

Some chocolate for you -

"Chocolate Bar"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... there are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and chocolate truffles ..."
- unknown

Yes, we're goin' to a party, party!

"Where's the Party?"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... to succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense ..."
- Morton Blackwell

Clip, clip, clip -

"The Want Ads I"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... as with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents ..."
- George Orwell

He Is Risen -

"HAPPY EASTER 2010"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... could life so end, half told;
it's school so fail
soul, soul
there is a sequel to thy tale ..."
- Robert Mowry Bell

Coffee break -

"Gratie!"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... if this is coffee, then please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, then please bring me some coffee ..."
- Abraham Lincoln

Illustration Friday: Dip -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As the Victim of A Dip"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... if it weren't for pickpockets I'd have no sex life at all ..."
- Rodney Dangerfield

Thursday Challenge: Environment -

"Selfportrait of the Artist in His Natural Environment"
digitally manipulated photograph & collage by Mick Mather
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"... the difference between animals and humans is that animals change themselves for the environment, but humans change the environment for themselves ..."
- Ayn Rand