Thursday Challenge: Plants -

"Shade Trees of Saratoga"
photograph by Mick Mather

On the way back from Vermont a few weeks back, I stopped at one of the rest stops on the Northway near Saratoga Springs, New York. Since one of the sub-topics at this weeks Thursday Challenge is trees, I offer this. Sorry to rush off but I'm not actually here at the moment - I'm at The Orange Line Gallery for the opening of the "Life and the Traveler Show" where I'll be exhibiting a handful of pieces. If you're in town, the Opening Reception is at 305 Montgomery Street - 2nd Floor, from 5pm to 8pm as part of Third Thursday.

I need more sleep!

"Where Stars Are No Longer Useful"
manipulated digital drawing by Mick Mather

I finally made it through one of the most grueling weeks I can remember in quite a while. Not that I'm complaining, in fact it's the opposite as I ask you all to overlook the slim writing in most of the posts last week. Since I really need to get rested and relaxed, you want to look the other way with today's post as well. On the bright side, it ended quite well at the Orange Line Gallery here in Syracuse where 7 of my prints went on display in the Form & Color Exhibition that opened last night. I may put those up soon as an online component, but first, a nap! :D

Moody Monday: Smooth -

"Selfportrait of the Artist Having His Irish Whiskey Smooth and Neat"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
- from an original photograph by Michael Moody -

Once again I have the good fortune of having a piece serve double duty. The weekly theme at Moody Monday, smooth since you ask, elicited another fun addition to The Selfportrait Series. I was hoping to pattern this after one of those magazine adverts popular in the 1970's, I think, that was a featured profile of some famous person ... long story short, the final line expressed the way he or she liked their whiskey. Since I'm on my way out to a meeting at Syracuse's newest art space, Orange Line Gallery, I really must dash. I hope to have 8 to 12 pieces hanging before the sun comes up. Wish me luck! :)