NEW from The Birdhouse Series -

"Birdhouse IV"
digitally manipulated fractal flame & collage by Mick Mather

It just doesn't seem to stop. I had one quiet week, last week. Already jam-packed, this week is quickly spinning out of control and I don't know when I'm going to find time to catch up. There must be something in the water ... gotta run, again. Enjoy!

NEW from The Birdhouse Series -

"Birdhouse III"
digitally manipulated tempera-on-paper painting by Mick Mather

No one would be more shocked than I at the way this piece came about, considering that the tempera-on-paper painting was nothing more than a throw-away. I was, quite simply, using up the extra paint on my brush as I switched between colors while working on another piece from The Toys Series. As you may or may not know, these simple, quickly made paintings of children's toys are done on newsprint, scanned and manipulated. Here, with today's image, there was little attempt to obscure headlines or text as paint was cleared from the bristles followed by simple washes to get back to clean ... anyway, the various plug-in filters and super secret manipulation tools made this one a fun surprise all around!

(A day later, I've added the alternate version of this image at No Matter What Shape - The Archive. You can see it here.)