NEW from The Trinity Series -

"Trinity #22 - The CSX Readymade"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... below there! look out! look out!
for God's sake, clear the way ..."
- Charles Dickens ("The Signal-Man")

Another short, virtual walk -

"Lost Walking Walk"
digitally manipulated torn paper collage by Mick Mather

"... I dream of hiking into my old age ..."
- Marlyn Doan

Low bridge, everybody down -

"The Old Erie Canal"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... Clinton's ditch ..."
- unknown

Fuzzy wuzzy -

"Town & Country"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... no city should be too large
for a man to walk out of in a morning ..."
- Cyril Connolly

Illustration Friday: Savour -

"Savour of the Walk"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the savour of the walk has not been lost ..."
- unknown

Illustration Friday: Trail -

"Book Cover: Dills Trail Walk"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... walking would teach people the quality that youngsters find so hard to learn: patience ..."
- Edward Payson Weston

Broad Road Walk -

"Roadside Blossoms"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... the month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit ..."
- Thomas Malory

Broad Road Walk -

"Broad Road Creek I"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... like dreams, small creeks grow into mighty rivers ..."
- unknown

Illustration Friday: Muddy -

"A Walk in the Mud"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... muddy water, let stand, becomes clear ..."
- Lao Tzu

New from Janus Park Walk

"North Pond II"
manipulated digital image by Mick Mather

While I was working on this piece the day before yesterday a few things in regard to that Walking Art Project were beginning to solidify. At least in terms of documenting the event in preparation for making proposals for an exhibition. While the photographic record of that walk is minimal the possibility for artistic documentations is not. In addition to my busy schedule, my commission and installation for the upcoming Everson Unwrapped event along with the madness of the holidays, work on this project is moving full steam ahead.

Stretching the limits?

"Disappearing Into A Gridded Landscape"
digital collage by Mick Mather

Today's post is tied to some of the research I've been doing for months and, more specifically, this past week at the blog, Walking Art. The land art movement, with roots all the way back to the 1960's, is exploding as social issues such as sustainability, recycling, the environment, rural and urban planning begin to settle out from the radical activist fringe. Grass-roots organizing on the local level is slowly replacing the hippy dippy junk-science-based paradigm with better informed models, experiments and projects that place all of these important issues back within the realm of good stewardship, where they belong. The better news here is that individual ideas of art, public art and land use interpretation is shattering the elitist viewpoint and returning art to the masses. At the same time, the individual is empowered to redefine certain forms of conceptual art for himself by simply taking a walk. With digital cameras, video and other emerging technologies new methods of creating and documenting en plein air art are added to traditional forms of painting, drawing or sculpture. There's much more to say but, not having the room in this forum, I'll do what I can to reveal those areas where I'm in concert with some of the new directions and movements that I'm beginning to see.