NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Painting Himself Into A Mural"
digital collage by Mick Mather

In late summer or early fall of 2007, I participated in a community mural project organized by Michael Berman. One of the photographs documenting that participation seemed to lend itself well to this series and, so, here you have it. The rest of the week will be hectic for me since I'll be at meetings or a gallery opening every night this week. I only mention it here because I have to knuckle down and get posts for the next three days loaded and ready to go. We'll chat again soon!

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Flummoxed by the OH SNAP! Photo Booth"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
- original photograph from the OH SNAP! photo booth -

Yesterday's celebration of Syracuse Arts Week, a connecting series of art events & activities developed with a variety of partners and managed by the Cultural Resources Council, was a huge success. One of the highlights was seeing "The Hand" erected over the course of the day. This new public artwork designed by Brendan Rose is a brilliant marriage of art & architecture and a superb demonstration of project management, cooperation and fabrication. The entire team deserves a big round of applause. Also a huge success was Joanna Spitzner's "Urban Art Rangers" and "The Arts Week 'Zine" project - Edition 1 & 2 are available as a FREE download at the Rangers web site, scroll down and have at it! Lots of painting went on courtesy of Th3 and the "Michael Berman Interactive Arts Project"; the 40Below Public Arts Task Force was on site with the "OH SNAP!" photo booth as well as the "Syracuse PARK(ing) Day" platform; The Redhouse brought in blank maps for "An Atlas: Radical Cartography Exhibition"; and a fund raising event for children with cancer via "Alex's Lemonade Stand". There's a lot more to be said here and if you're interested follow each of the links. Suffice it to say that today's post is another image in The Selfportrait Series where, while waiting for my photo booth photographs, I'm totally befuddled as regards the timing between snaps! OH!

Thursday Challenge: B&W -

"Selfportrait of the Artist as Life Imitating Art in Black & White"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
- from an original photograph by Michael Moody -

I've been thinking about this week's Thursday Challenge all week and I had plenty of good ideas for the theme, B&W. Just as I was about to begin, serendipity visited my inbox via good friend, artist and photographer, Michael Moody. As it happens, Michael is the photographer who documents the Open Artist Receptions each month at Delavan Art Gallery in Syracuse, New York and this is one of me standing across the room from a painting by another very good friend of mine, artist and printmaker, Michael Berman. So, not only do I have an unexpected image for this weeks challenge, I also get something NEW from The Selfportrait Series. Enjoy, I do believe I smell some turkey cooking in the oven! :D

Thursday Challenge: Outside -

"Outside"
$50 Unframed - LUCAS GALLERY
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

Aside from the fact that this Thursday Challenge theme, outside, drives the subject matter, I'm not really here. I'm in a meeting and then to an art opening at The Delavan Art Gallery. My good friends Michael Berman and John Dowling will have a number of pieces there and I'm looking forward to seeing some new work. If things go according to plan, I'll talk way too much and look way too little ... hopefully with some cheap, red wine to go along with it. :D