I feel like it might be time to ... reupholster -

"No Waitin' G, #2"
digitally manipulated torn paper collage

In a sense, I'm putting the cart before the horse with today's post. This image resulted from a digital manipulation of a stressed, torn paper collage I did in the early part of last week. I'll show that piece later this week, I think, along with another digital manipulation that will connect this trio of images while making a few of you scratch your head over the connection itself ... at least with this piece. Forgive me, I don't mean to be cryptic, it'll all come together in a few days. While this version is the farthest afield, it may be my favorite. At least, it's my favorite in light of some of the very graphic, pop imagery I've been studying on FFFFOUND over the past month or so. Whatever the case, I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do.

NEW from The Mister Existence Series -

"Sister Existence Alone in Her Room"
digital collage by Mick Mather

It's absolutely comical sometimes, the way a series of work lies dormant and then, all of a sudden, new work explodes out of the Secret Visual Laboratory! Last night I was just fiddling about, playing and having fun, trolling though FFFFOUND!, getting inspired and then getting to work. The piece changed dramatically over the few hours that I worked on it and this is the version that I decided to go with. It seemed to fit the series perfectly so, here 'tis!

Moving right along -

"The Running Gears of Hell"
$50 Unframed - LUCAS GALLERY
digital drawing & painting by Mick Mather

There's been a healthy return on investment when it comes to my time spent viewing artwork. I should point you to another favorite site, FFFFOUND!, that I've been checking a lot more often these days - a daily posting of some amazing images to be found on the internet. It's a tagging or bookmarking social website that anyone can use to keep track of their favorites without using up megabytes of space on their own hard drive. Well, for now, registration is closed while the site is in what it calls private beta, whatever that means. Anyway, you can still scroll through the new additions as they go up, jump to other, similar images in the sidebar, or click a member name to see their bookmarked images. That said, the piece you see here was inspired by something I saw over there last night. At the same time, it's tied to a recent conversation I was involved in regarding Old Irish Sayings. As can be seen here for example, when an Irish woman is caught at less than her personal best appearance, she might say, "Off with yer blarney, then - I look like the running gears of hell!" Well, here they are! :)