Illustration Friday: Resolutions -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Resolving to Emerge From Anonymity"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... a new years resolution is something that
goes in one year and out the other ..."
- Unknown

Thursday Challenge: Lights -

"Lights"
manipulated digital photograph & digital collage by Mick Mather

"... these lights are so bright.
white lights in the night,
they keep me from sleeping,
but I am still dreaming,
I dream of your smile,
I remember your kiss,
in the light of the night ..."
- Unknown

Bird brain -

"Contemplating Improved Construction for Next Year's Nest"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"...the lark that shuns on lofty boughs
to build, her humble nest,
lies silent in the field ..."
- Edmund Waller

Collage redux -

"May Tenth"
digitally manipulated torn paper collage by Mick Mather

"... the world's favorite season is the spring;
all things seem possible in May ..."
- Edwin Way Teale

Family time -

"Sisters IV"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... how do people make it,
through life without a sister ..."
- Unknown

Hush, little baby -

"Sleeping Beauty"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... sleep, sleep, beauty bright,
dreaming in the joys of night,
sleep, sleep, in thy sleep
little sorrows sit and weep ..."
- William Blake

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

"Selfportrait of the Artist As Santa With One of the Helpers
digital collage by Mick Mather

"...a Christmas gambol oft could cheer
the poor man's heart through half the year ..."
- Sir Walter Scott

Illustration Friday: Winter -

"Winter"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... every mile is two in winter ..."
- George Herbert

Thursday Challenge: Toys -

"Leighlund Reaches For More Toys"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... it's hard to believe that in a few short weeks
this little bit of heaven is going to be seven ..."
- A Proud Poppa

"The Christmas Song" -

"By An Open Fire"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
Jack Frost nipping at your nose ..."
- Mel Tormé & Robert Wells

Last solstice of 2010 -

"Summer Down Under"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... In the depth of winter, I finally learned
that within me there lay an invincible summer ..."
- Albert Camus

Conceptual art document -

"Miss Vaughn Bell"

digitally manipulated torn paper collage by Mick Mather
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"... all of the significant art of today stems from
Conceptual art; this includes the art of installation,
political, feminist and socially directed art ..."

- Sol Lewitt

Ribbons & bows -

"Red Package"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... instead of a gem, or even a flower,
we should cast the gift
of a loving thought
into the heart of a friend,
that would be giving
as the angels give ..."
- George MacDonald

The queue -

"A Small Crowd Outside the Museum"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... one minute waiting is one minute too long ..."
- Greg Hickman

Illustration Friday: Mail -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As A Commemorated Jet Pilot "
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... mail your packages early
so the post office can lose them
in time for Christmas ..."
- Johnny Carson

Thursday Challenge: Food -

"Food"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... tell me what you eat,
I'll tell you who you are ..."
- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

NEW from the Database Series -

"Top Secret"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... from now on the universe is
without further mystery ..."
- Merccelin Berthelot

The closer -

"The Map Reader"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I have an existential map,
it has 'you are here' written all over it ..."
- Stephen Wright

Four on the floor -

"Monday Morning"
digital collage by Mick Mather

Here we have natural selection at its finest, our favorite clones, The Hinkley Triplets. Up front is Darlean, she's a proofreader; one row back is Darleen, she checks for grammar and context; one more row back is Darlene, she checks the arithmetic and financials; way back and further right is Darline, the youngest, and doesn't do much work at all, but she makes everyone think that she does. Each in turn is the apple of Poppa Hinkley's eye.

I see London -

"The Micro Mini"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the miniskirt enables young ladies to run faster,
and because of it, they may have to .."
- John V. Lindsay

7th inning stretch -

"Summer's Gone"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... Little League is a very good thing
because it keeps the parents off the streets ..."
- Yogi Berra

Illustration Friday: Phenomenon -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As An Observable Event"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... Americans' great and secret fear
is that America may turn out to be
a phenomenon rather than a civilization ..."
- Shirley Hazzard

Thursday Challenge: Construction -

"Birdhouse XXIII"
manipulated digital photograph & digital collage

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

Strut your stuff -

"Walk It Like You Talk It"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... life's but a walking shadow,
a poor player that struts and frets
his hour upon the stage,
and then is heard no more ..."
- William Shakespeare

Up in the air -

"Heads in the Clouds"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... all journeys have secret destinations
of which the traveler is unaware ..."
- Martin Buber

One potato, two potato -

"The Bookkeepers Assistant"
digital collage by Mick Mather

Bookkeeper: Mr. Goldwyn, our files are bulging with paperwork we no longer need. May I have your permission to destroy all records before 1945?

Goldwyn: Certainly. Just be sure to heep a copy of everything.

Put a nickel in the slot -

"Call Me"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... middle age is when you're sitting at home
on Saturday night and the telephone rings
and you hope it's not for you ..."
- Ogden Nash

Deck the halls -

"Time to Hang the Wreath"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... she wore a wreath of roses,
the night that first we met ..."
- Thomas Haynes Bayly

Illustration Friday: Prehistoric -

"Prehistoric"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... these (transistor) radios, of course,
were monaural and limited to the FM band ..."
- unknown

Thursday Challenge: Brown -

"Brown Rice"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... rice is born in water and must die in wine ..."
- Old Italian Proverb

Where, oh where?

"Andy's Lament"

digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... where the hell is my chiffon ..."
- Andrea Gonzalo