Should old acquaintance be forgot -

"New Years Eve at the Marvelous New City"
digital drawing & digital collage by Mick Mather

"... and never brought to mind ..."
- Robert Burns

Illustration Friday: Highlight -

"Highlight"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... take special note of this memo
then bury it ..."
- Unknown

Hung with care -

"The New Painting"
digital drawing & digital collage by Mick Mather

"... painting: the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather
and exposing them to critics ..."
- Ambrose Bierce

Coffee? Tea? Milk?

"Selfportrait of the Artist as an Airline Pilot"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... fly me to the moon ..."
- Bart Howard

Old Navy -

"The Last Sail Locker"
digital drawing & digital collage by Mick Mather

"... three black balls, hung in a line,
hands sally the ship by the bos'ns cry,
sail locker mate sewing sails in time,
the drag line set she free and dry ..."
- Unknown

Looking across the bay -

"Slow Boat to Chinatown"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown ..."
- from the movie Chinatown

MERRY CHRISTMAS -

"Merry Christmas 2011"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... have a cool yule ..."
- Unknown

That 'deer in the headlights' look -

"The Last Shoppers of Christmas Eve"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the three phrases that sum up Christmas are:
Peace on Earth, good will toward men and
batteries not included ..."
- English Proverb

Illustration Friday: Messenger -

"Messenger"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... as you would have them do unto you ..."
- The Golden Rule

Thursday Challenge: Light -

"Christmas Light 2011"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... better to light one candle
than to curse the darkness ..."
- The Christopher Society

Not from this earth -

"No Lucky Shadow for Number Seven"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... beware, lest you lose the substance
by grasping at the shadow ..."
- Aesop

A long, warm autumn -

"Confused By the Shortness of the Day and the Warmth of the Sun"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... new buds pushed slowly forth,
between (and beyond) those long dead,
urged on by unseasonable warmth,
but tied to a chain of ghosts ..."
- Unknown

Please reconsider -

"I Accept"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... if you've ever made change in the offering plate,
you might be a redneck ..."
- Jeff Foxworthy

We need a recount in housewares -

"Another 10,000"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... we have entered the cell,
the Mansion of our birth,
and started the inventory
of our acquired wealth ..."
- Albert Claude

The maquette -

"Art Brut Sculpture in the Architect's Closet"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... personally, I believe very much in values of savagery;
I mean: instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness ..."
- Jean Dubuffet

Illustration Friday: Sink -

"Sink"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the sun will wane and sink too soon,
but ne'er so fast to suit the moon ..."
- Unknown

Thursday Challenge: Shoes -

"Shoes"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... see, we could've been called 'The Shoes'
for all you know ..."
- Paul McCartney

The well is dry -

"Dawn Creeps Up the Firth"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... O, God, thy sea is so great,
and my boat is so small ..."
- Unknown

Sloth is the new work ethic -

"A Socialist Attempting to Turn Capitalism Into an Opium Den"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I want my free ..."
- Unknown

Walk this way -

"The Invisible Structure of Fashion"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"...shake structures, school yourself;
look twice at a thing, once upside down;
answer yourself clearly ..."
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Down at the farm -

"That Thing They Left Behind"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... it's an enormously important artifact ..."
- Richard Moe

The fabric of life -

"Flyover Country"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the South, the Midwest,
everything they call 'flyover land' ..."
- Wayne LaPierre

Illustration Friday: Separate -

"Separate"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the wires are separate from her brain ..."
- a mad scientist

Thursday Challenge: Communication -

"Communication 2011"
digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... the trouble with talking too fast is
you may say something you haven't thought of yet ..."
- Ann Landers

From here to there -

"Flight Chart"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... what are we doing here?
we're reaching for the stars ..."
- Christa McAuliffe

Don't blink -

"A Reverie Lost"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... caught up in a reverie of years long past ..."
- William Styron

Looking for a top up -

"The Espresso Drinkers"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... brewing espresso, unlike other methods
of brewing coffee, IS rocket science ..."
- Kevin Knox & Julia Sheldon Huffaker

Eye of newt, and toe of frog -

"The Building Blocks of Life"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the four building blocks of the universe are
fire, water, gravel and vinyl ..."
- Dave Barry

Let it all hang down -

"After Midnight"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... we're gonna cause talk and suspicion ..."
- Eric Clapton

Illustration Friday: Brigade -

"Blue Rinse Brigade"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... set 'em up, Josephine ..."
- Unknown

Thursday Challenge: Door -

"The Green Door"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... green door, what's that secret you're keepin' ..."
- from "The Green Door" by Jim Lowe